# 39th parallel north

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The 39th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 54 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 26 minutes during the winter solstice.
Daylight along the 39th parallel north falls under 10 hours a day starting on 18 November and returns to over ten hours a day beginning 24 January. The growth of crops and other plants is considerably slowed during this period of reduced sunlight.
In the United States, the eastern boundary of the state of California was defined as following the 120th meridian west south from the 42nd parallel north to its intersection with the 39th parallel north, beyond which it follows a diagonal line to where the Colorado River crosses the 35th parallel north. The intersection of the 120th meridian and 39th parallel is in Lake Tahoe.

## Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 39° north passes through:
    Coordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 39°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 39.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Mediterranean Sea 39°0′N 1°17′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 1.283°E﻿ / 39.000; 1.283﻿ (Spain)  Spain Island of Ibiza 39°0′N 1°35′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 1.583°E﻿ / 39.000; 1.583﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just south of the island of Cabrera, Spain 39°0′N 8°23′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 8.383°E﻿ / 39.000; 8.383﻿ (Italy)  Italy Islands of Sant'Antioco and Sardinia 39°0′N 9°1′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 9.017°E﻿ / 39.000; 9.017﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Tyrrhenian Sea - passing just north of the island of Stromboli, Italy 39°0′N 16°8′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 16.133°E﻿ / 39.000; 16.133﻿ (Italy)  Italy 39°0′N 17°10′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 17.167°E﻿ / 39.000; 17.167﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Ionian Sea 39°0′N 20°42′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 20.700°E﻿ / 39.000; 20.700﻿ (Greece)  Greece Mainland and island of Euboea 39°0′N 23°22′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 23.367°E﻿ / 39.000; 23.367﻿ (Aegean Sea) Aegean Sea Passing just north of the island of Skyros, Greece 39°0′N 26°17′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 26.283°E﻿ / 39.000; 26.283﻿ (Greece)  Greece Island of Lesbos 39°0′N 26°32′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 26.533°E﻿ / 39.000; 26.533﻿ (Aegean Sea) Aegean Sea 39°0′N 26°48′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 26.800°E﻿ / 39.000; 26.800﻿ (Turkey)  Turkey 39°0′N 44°11′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 44.183°E﻿ / 39.000; 44.183﻿ (Iran)  Iran 39°0′N 45°26′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 45.433°E﻿ / 39.000; 45.433﻿ (Azerbaijan)  Azerbaijan Nakhchivan exclave 39°0′N 46°6′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 46.100°E﻿ / 39.000; 46.100﻿ (Armenia)  Armenia 39°0′N 46°31′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 46.517°E﻿ / 39.000; 46.517﻿ (Azerbaijan)  Azerbaijan 39°0′N 46°41′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 46.683°E﻿ / 39.000; 46.683﻿ (Iran)  Iran 39°0′N 48°21′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 48.350°E﻿ / 39.000; 48.350﻿ (Azerbaijan)  Azerbaijan 39°0′N 49°11′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 49.183°E﻿ / 39.000; 49.183﻿ (Caspian Sea) Caspian Sea 39°0′N 53°2′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 53.033°E﻿ / 39.000; 53.033﻿ (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan Island of Ogurja Ada 39°0′N 53°3′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 53.050°E﻿ / 39.000; 53.050﻿ (Caspian Sea) Caspian Sea 39°0′N 53°53′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 53.883°E﻿ / 39.000; 53.883﻿ (Turkmenistan)  Turkmenistan Passing just south of Türkmenabat 39°0′N 64°6′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 64.100°E﻿ / 39.000; 64.100﻿ (Uzbekistan)  Uzbekistan 39°0′N 68°7′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 68.117°E﻿ / 39.000; 68.117﻿ (Tajikistan)  Tajikistan 39°0′N 73°49′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 73.817°E﻿ / 39.000; 73.817﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Xinjiang Qinghai Gansu Qinghai Gansu Qinghai (for about 7 km) Gansu (for about 30 km) Qinghai (for about 17 km) Gansu Inner Mongolia (for about 16 km) Gansu (for about 6 km) Inner Mongolia Gansu Inner Mongolia Ningxia Inner Mongolia Shaanxi Shanxi Hebei Tianjin (just south of the city centre) 39°0′N 117°46′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 117.767°E﻿ / 39.000; 117.767﻿ (Yellow Sea) Yellow Sea Bohai Gulf 39°0′N 121°19′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 121.317°E﻿ / 39.000; 121.317﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Liaoning (Liaodong Peninsula) — passing just north of Dalian 39°0′N 121°51′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 121.850°E﻿ / 39.000; 121.850﻿ (Yellow Sea) Yellow Sea Passing just south of Zhangzi Island and Haiyang Island 39°0′N 125°12′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 125.200°E﻿ / 39.000; 125.200﻿ (North Korea)  North Korea Pyongyang 39°0′N 127°50′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 127.833°E﻿ / 39.000; 127.833﻿ (Sea of Japan) Sea of Japan 39°0′N 139°51′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 139.850°E﻿ / 39.000; 139.850﻿ (Japan)  Japan Island of Honshū: — Yamagata Prefecture — Akita Prefecture — Iwate Prefecture — Miyagi Prefecture − for about 1 km — Iwate Prefecture 39°0′N 141°44′E﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 141.733°E﻿ / 39.000; 141.733﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean 39°0′N 123°42′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 123.700°W﻿ / 39.000; -123.700﻿ (United States)  United States California Nevada - passing through Great Basin National Park Utah Colorado - passing just south of Grand Junction Kansas - passing just south of Topeka Missouri - passing just south of Kansas City Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio - passing just south of Cincinnati West Virginia Virginia Maryland - less than a mile north of District of Columbia at 39°0′N 77°2′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 77.033°W﻿ / 39.000; -77.033﻿ (Washington D.C.); cutting through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at 39°0′N 76°22′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 76.367°W﻿ / 39.000; -76.367﻿ (Chesapeake Bay Bridge) Delaware 39°0′N 75°20′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 75.333°W﻿ / 39.000; -75.333﻿ (Delaware Bay) Delaware Bay 39°0′N 74°57′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 74.950°W﻿ / 39.000; -74.950﻿ (United States)  United States New Jersey - passing through Cape May Airport 39°0′N 74°47′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 74.783°W﻿ / 39.000; -74.783﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing between the islands of Graciosa (almost crossing its southern tip) and São Jorge, Azores, Portugal 39°0′N 9°25′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 9.417°W﻿ / 39.000; -9.417﻿ (Portugal)  Portugal Passing about 30km north of Lisbon 39°0′N 6°58′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 6.967°W﻿ / 39.000; -6.967﻿ (Spain)  Spain Passing through Ciudad Real and Albacete 39°0′N 0°9′W﻿ / ﻿39.000°N 0.150°W﻿ / 39.000; -0.150﻿ (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea