The angular distance of a point on the Earth’s surface measured in degrees from the centre of the Earth east or west of the Greenwich Meridian is…

Longitude measures how far east or west a place is from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich. It is measured in degrees.

Latitude measures distance north or south from the Equator. The axis is Earth’s spinning line. Orbit is Earth’s path around the Sun.

Longitude lines run from pole to pole and help determine time zones.