North, South, East, West?

Question

Which direction gets the most sunlight? How do i figure out which direction is where???

Answer 1

Look for moss; it usually grows on the north (i.e., least sunny) side of trees and rocks—or at least, grows most plentifully there.
Look for spider webs, which tend to appear on the south sides of trees.
Put a stick in the ground vertically, and note where the end of its shadow is. Wait a little while, and mark where the end is now. The line going between those two points should run approximately east–west; you can then tell by the direction of the sun’s movement which way is north.
Watch the sun, which rises (more or less) in the east and sets (more or less) in the west. But since the exact position of the sun varies by season and latitude, this is rather inaccurate.
In the southern hemisphere, find the Southern Cross. Note the direction of the long axis of the cross. Follow that imaginary line for a distance equal to five times the length of the cross and fact the point in space where it would end. You’re now facing directly south; spin around 180° to find north.
If you are looking to north, south is behind you, east at your right and west at your left.
Good luck.

Answer 2

In the morning, the direction where the sun is coming up is pretty much straight East. If you face the sun, to your right is South, to your left is North and behind you is west.

On the equator you generally get 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness every day. In the months around June, the further north you go, your days are longer. There are some places in the northern hemisphere on Midsummer night that NEVER get dark. However, on winter solstice in December, those same places never get daylight. And the places in the southern hemisphere closest to the south pole experience the exact opposite phenomenon - mostly darkness in June and mostly daylight in December. So getting the most sunlight is really relative to where you live.

In the northern hemisphere, houses that have a southern exposure tend to be warmer than houses with a northern exposure, and vice versa for houses in the southern hemisphere. But the sunlight varies by the time of year, as explained above.

Answer 3

Well its actually very simple, because in the morning the sun is in the East so that's how you know that, and in the afternoon the sun is more towards the west. On the fact on which get's the most sunlight I would have to say none of them! The only high point is when the sun is at its highest point, which means that really there are no shadows around. I would have to say at noon and the direction would be between East and West!

Answer 4

Good Question ~ A simple way to remember direction is that the sun rises in the East, and sets in the West. Determining which direction gets the most sun light might depend on what time of year. Another cool trick to determine direction is that freeways that are odd are North and South, and freeways that are even are East and West.

Answer 5

In the northern hemisphere, above 23 1/2 N Latitude, the sun will be to the south, south facing objects will get the most sun. Exactly the opposite for the southern hemisphere. Between 23 1/2 N and 23 1/2 S it will depend on the time of year.

Answer 6

In the northern hemisphere the south direction receives the most sunlight. In the southern hemisphere the north direction gets more sun. You can get a compass to figure out which direction is where.

Answer 7

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere a southern facing window will get most sunshine (Europe, North America)

If you live in the southern then a northern window (Australia - South America)

East and West are both the same and get little sunlight

East facing will get the morning sun but only untill late morning - the sun will then be too high to shine through

West will get the evening sun but not untill the sun gets low enough to shine through

As for working out where you are if the sun is low in the sky in the morning the sun is in the east if the sun is low in the sky in the PM then that is west

Answer 8

Which direction gets the most sunlight depends on where exactly you are.

It is quite disgusting how some people would assume you are in North America, just shows how limited some peoples view of the world is.

Northern Hemisphere, South-East.
Southern, North_east.

Answer 9

Randomly: North : Canada I know it's not an American state, but it's whats north of me South: Fl West: lmao, the rest of the United States, Everything is West of New York East: The Atlantic Ocean

Answer 10

As long as I can remember the sun always rises in the east then sets in the west. You should be able to work out your north and south.