Udaipur

To dodge any misunderstandings, Solstices are also known as June Solstice (Northern Solstice) and December Solstice (Southern Solstice). In India, Kolkata witnesses the longest day in the month of June (Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere). Therefore, the correct answer is Option ‘B: Kolkata’.

Tropic of Cancer

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Tropic of Capricorn

The north, temperate zone extends from 23.5° north to the Arctic Circle, 66.5° north latitude. In the Southern Hemisphere, it extends from the 23.50S Tropic of Capricorn to 66.5° S Antartica Circle.

The Sun is directly overhead at “high-noon” on the equator twice per year, at the two equinoxes. Spring (or Vernal) Equinox is usually March 20, and Fall (or Autumnal) equinox is usually September 22. Except at the equator, the equinoxes are the only dates with equal daylight and dark.

the equator

Longitude is fortunately much simpler: the sun is directly overhead at 180 at 0 GMT, so the formula is just:

1. def longitude(hoursGMT, minutes):
2. return 180 – (hoursGMT + minutes/60)/24.

The sun is directly overhead at noon. At the Decrmber Solstice, the sun is always to the south, and never quites get directly overhead. The equator has 12 hours of sunlight every day of the year.

At solar noon, the sun is due south seen from the Northern Hemisphere, and due north seen from the Southern Hemisphere.

Solution: On Earth’s equator, the celestial equator passes through the zenith. On March 21, the Sun is crossing the celestial equator, so it should be found at the zenith (90°) at noon.

Answer: For continental U.S. the answer is never. Since the Earth’s rotation axis is tilted 23.5 degrees with respect to its orbital motion around the Sun, one would have to be less than 23.5 degrees above or below the equator to have the Sun pass directly overhead (once per year).

The axis of rotation of the Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees away from vertical, perpendicular to the plane of our planet’s orbit around the sun. The tilt of the Earth’s axis is important, in that it governs the warming strength of the sun’s energy.

In Nashville (northern latitude 36 degrees), the height of the Sun above the southern horizon at midday on December 21 is 90-36-23.5 = 30.5 degrees; on March 21 (vernal equinox) and September 21 (autumnal equinox) the height above the southern horizon reaches 54 degrees; on June 21 (summer solstice) it reaches 77 …

North Pole

According to a 2012 review , sunscreen is especially important between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., though you should always wear sunscreen with SPF. At noon, the sun is highest in the sky, which actually means the sun is strongest (measured using UV index) because the rays have the shortest distance to travel to Earth.

If the Earth’s tilt were at 10 degrees instead of 23.5 degrees, then the Sun path through the year would stay closer to the equator. So the new tropics would be between 10 degrees north and 10 degrees south, and the Arctic and Antarctic circles would be at 80 degrees north and 80 degrees south.

noon