Of course this is just pedantry, but if you wanted to compare different places on Earth then the difference between civil midnight and solar midnight can be a l

Of course this is just pedantry, but if you wanted to compare different places on Earth then the difference between civil midnight and solar midnight can be a lot more than one hour. China has a single time zone, for example, so solar noon in China can be anywhere between 11:27 and 15:10 (https://www.timeanddate.com/time/china/one-time-zone.html https://www.timeanddate.com/time/china/one-time-zone.html).