Longitude and Latitude angle at 12M

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At longitude = 0 and latitude = 0 what angle does it make at midnight? And where is long=0 located, Greenwich, England?
 
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This sounds like homework.

1] What angle do you think it is?
2] What does midnight have to do with anything?
3] Correct.
 
What angle does what make?
 
Philosophaie said:
At longitude = 0 and latitude = 0 what angle does it make at midnight? And where is long=0 located, Greenwich, England?
What does it refer to?

The "longitude= 0" meridian passes through Greenwich, England (which is part of London). "Latitude= 0" is, of course the equator.

The point of "long= 0, lat= 0" is in the Atlantic Ocean, about 380 miles (611 kilometers) south of Ghana and 670 miles (1078 km) west of Gabon.
 
Also, if it is homework, make sure that "12M" is referring to midnight, and not an altitude (12 Meters or 12 miles).