How does the sun travel in the Northern Hemisphere?

Question

I live in the Southern hemisphere and during winter our sun lays low in the northern sky allowing sun light deep into the rooms. This makes the southern side of our house shaded.

Is this reversed in the Northern Hemisphere? Does the sun lay low in the southern sky during winter making the northern side of your house shaded?

Answer 1

Hi.That is correct.When the sun is farthest from the equator (about 21 June and 22. December) it is called the summer or winter Solstice depending on which hemisphere you live in.When the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer (Northen Hemisphere) it is at its lowest point in the sky in the Southern Hemisphere which is winter.

When the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn(Southern Hemisphere) it is at its lowest point in the sky in the Northen Hemisphere which is winter.

When you reverse the situation you have summer.
Cheers.

Answer 2

Your question and answer is correct in the matter that the sun "lays low" in the sky. I live here in Spokane, Washington, USA and during the winter months we only have natural light from around 6:30AM to about 4:30PM. But once the summer months come, sunrise is around 5:30AM with the sun not setting til around 7:30PM. With living where I do, the north side of my house, at times, does not receive any sun at all, due to how far north we are on the longitudinal lines of the earth's axis. If I were down in the southern portion of the US, say, around New Orleans, the sun would actually cover almost all areas of the house, with hardly no shadows.

Answer 3

No the sunlight continually travels from East to West whether interior the Northern Hemisphere the sunlight shines from the south and could seem to holiday from left to precise (that's usual over the Equator) interior the Southern Hemisphere the sunlight shines from the North and could seem to holiday from precise to left. the only exception to this is at the two the North or South Pole. on the North Pole the sunlight travels from South to South and on the South Pole the sunlight travels from North to North. unusual yet authentic!

Answer 4

Just how low is low?

Take a look at a globe, most of them have this little figure-8 thingy with months of the year on it. That indicates what latitude the sun is directly over on a certain date. See which part of the figure is more north or more south. I think you guys get a better deal with sun time, but don't quote me on that.

Answer 5

yes. I use to live in Alaska in the summer time and the sun would be up 22 hours a day. It would go in circles, but stay close to the horizon in all directions.

Answer 6

Yes. You are exactly right. And in the tropics, the sun is more or less overhead year round.

Answer 7

Yes, exactly. Our toilets run backwards from yours, too.
When flushed the water turns counterclockwise.

Answer 8

the sun dosent travel we travel

Answer 9

yup, its just the reverse

Answer 10

Yes it is just reversed...........