Your longitude is 179°59'W. The LMT at this longitude is 23h 56m on the 4th day of the month. Six minutes later, your position is 179°59'E longitude. Your LMT and date are __________.

Question

Your longitude is 179&deg;59'W. The LMT at this longitude is 23h 56m on the 4th day of the month. Six minutes later, your position is 179&deg;59'E longitude. Your LMT and date are __________.

Accepted Answer

Option D: 00h 02m on the 6th. Crossing the 180th meridian from west to east causes the date to decrease by one day, but the problem states crossing from 179°59'W to 179°59'E, which crosses the International Date Line heading west. Adding 6 minutes to 23h 56m on the 4th advances time to 00h 02m and rolls the date forward to the 6th due to skipping a full calendar day eastward.

Your longitude is 179&deg;59'W. The LMT at this longitude is 23h 56m on the 4th day of the month. Six minutes later, your position is 179&deg;59'E longitude. Your LMT and date are __________.

Your longitude is 179°59'W. The LMT at this longitude is 23h 56m on the 4th day of the month. Six minutes later, your position is 179°59'E longitude. Your LMT and date are __________.