what is your latitude if the noon sun is 25 degrees above the northern horizon on December 1st?

Question

its for class so if you could explain the process of how the answer is found that would be great.

Answer 1

86° 47' South latitude.

The Sun's declination on December 1 is about -21° 47'. In order to put the noon Sun 25 degrees above the *northern* horizon, you must be south of -21° 47', by (90-25) = 65 degrees. That puts you at 86° 47' South, somewhere deep in Antarctica.

If the noon sun were 25 degrees above your *southern* horizon, you would be 65 degrees *north* of -21° 47, which would be latitude 43° 13' N.