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Daylight on Devon Island


At Devon Island's latitude on Earth, 75 degrees North, the Sun's maximum elevation above the horizon is 38 degrees. The sun reaches its zenith (highest point in the sky) in June at the summer solstice. The sun is constantly above the horizon from mid-April to mid-August and is completely below the horizon from late October until early April.

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