One degree of longitude equals how many seconds?

Answer 1

For every degree of longitude, is divided into 60 minutes. Each minute is then divided into 60 seconds.

Since 1 degree equals 60 nautical miles.

Then 1 minute equals 1 nautical mile

Then 1 second equals approximately 35 yards across.

Answer 2

One degree = 60 arc minutes = 3600 arc seconds.

1 arc second = 1/60 arc minutes = 1/3600 degrees

Answer 3

"Longitude" is an angle, which is a big reason for why it's expressed in angle units.

There are 3,600 minutes in 1 degree of angle.

Answer 4

1 minute = 60 seconds

1 degree = 60 minutes = 3,600 seconds