what is the altitude of the sun at solar noon in tampa, fl for each season?

Answer 1

Winter solstice: 38° 36'
Spring/fall equinox: 62° 13'
Summer solstice: 85° 28

Answer 2

I'll pick 28˚ N as the latitude (Egypt Lake) simply to have a round figure.

The north celestial pole is 28 ˚ above the North horizon.

The celestial equator is 90˚ from the pole. The total distance from North horizon to South horizon is 180˚.

This puts the equator 62˚ above the south horizon.

Declination is the "distance" from the celestial equator.

For the Sun:

Spring equinox, Declination = 0 (Sun is on the equator)
Therefore sun is 62˚ above the southern horizon.

Summer solstice: Declination is 23.45 N (north of the equator).
The sun is 62+23.45 = 85.45 degrees above the southern horizon.

Fall equinox Declination = 0 (same as Spring equinox)

Winter solstice, Declination is 23.45 S (South of the equator).
The Sun is 62 - 23.45 = 38.5 degrees above the southern horizon.

Answer 3

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.html