Question

How does the time of a place depend on its longitude?

Answer 1

There is a direct relationship between the longitude of a place and its time. As the Earth rotates, every meridian on the Earth faces the Sun once. This is the time when the Sun reaches the highest point in the sky. As the Earth rotates from west to east, the places that are situated to the east of the Prime Meridian have sunrise earlier than those situated to its west.