A full rotation divided into 360 equal parts creates one degree. Here’s what that looks like:
Where Did 360 Come From?
Rumor has it the "ancients" believed there were 360 days in a year. They observed that the Earth made a complete rotation around the sun during that year. So... 1 day = 1 degree of rotation in the sky. That’s where the idea of 360° in a circle may have come from!
