2007-12-18 22:54:56 · 11 answers · asked by Esty 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It means it is midday and you are somewhere in the tropics.
At the winter solstice this month, if the sun is right over your head, then it's noon and you're somewhere along the Tropic of Capricorn. After that you're about 110 kilometres farther north each day. At noon on the day of the spring equinox you'll be somewhere along the Equator to keep the sun overhead. Then you keep going 110 km due north each day until the summer solstice when you'll be somewhere on the Tropic of Cancer. Then for the next six months you have follow the noontime sun 110 km south each day until you get back to the Tropic of Capricorn and the cycle starts all over again.
2007-12-19 00:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by @lec 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As you know, the sun rises in the East, and sets in the West. As the Earth revolves around the Sun, it will appear that the Sun will "travel" through a Southern arc in order to "go" from East to West. Remember, the Sun doesn't move; it's the Earth that's moving.
For the Sun to be nearly overhead, it means the Earth has revolved to a point that is about halfway between rise and set. Mostly this occurs at about half day.
In the summer months, as the Earth's orbit changes from winter, the Sun will appear higher in the sky at this halfway point. In the winter, the Sun will appear closer to the horizon at this point.
When the Sun is nearly overhead, it is the most intense also. At this time, sunburn will also be most likely.
2007-12-18 23:01:56 · answer #2 · answered by Petri 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What Does Sun Mean
2016-12-14 12:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curiously, no tropical culture has a word for this event. It occurs on one day at the Topic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, and on two days at latitudes in between.
One term out there is Lahaina Noon, though that is a recent (1990s) development.
2007-12-19 06:04:38 · answer #4 · answered by laurahal42 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sun rises in the east and sets in the west,
during a day, it travels in a striahght line in sky..
Around noon, the direction of sun is perpendicular to land...
hence, we found it by looking very up.....
The point which is directly over our head is called zenith.
When the sun is around zenith at noon, it is known as sun to be nearly overhead.
http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/astro/CS/images/CS.zenith.t.gif
thank you.
2007-12-18 23:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Vipul C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means that it is May 13 or July 31. Where I live, anyway.
2007-12-19 01:12:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you are stood near the equator at noon.
2007-12-18 23:31:40 · answer #7 · answered by andy muso 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we get sun burned a WHOLE lot quicker
when the sun is at its zenith
2007-12-18 22:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by tom4bucs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are near its subpoint.
2007-12-18 23:34:30 · answer #9 · answered by Mark 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its noon
2007-12-18 22:58:35 · answer #10 · answered by raja toddarmal 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋