When is the sun directly overhead?
In another thread, aussie said:
...The tropical sun [on St. Croix] is straight overhead twice a year.
I've been wondering how to figure out on which days the sun is most directly overhead at a given latitude.
At 23.5 N (Tropic of Cancer), it's on our summer solstice (~June 21), which is once per year.
At 23.5 S (Tropic of Capricorn), it's on our winter solstice (~Dec 21), which is once per year.
Everywhere else in the tropics, it's twice per year.
At 0 N (Equator), it's on the equinoxes (~Mar 21 and ~Sep 21).
But when is the sun is most directly overhead at a specific latitude like 18 N?
I just found the chart below at http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/6h.html
For 18 N (the approx. latitude of USVI), the chart shows the sun is directly overhead around May 5 and Aug 4.
Elsewhere on that website, I see that “Subsolar Point” is the term for the location on the Earth where the Sun is directly overhead.
When is the sun directly overhead?
LOL I would have answered "around 1pm" 😎
I've been wondering how to figure out on which days the sun is most directly overhead at a given latitude.
Try here Bob.
http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/azel.html
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thx. for the chart. I would have answered "when it is directly overhead"
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