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How high does the sun get in the sky above Aberdeen Scotland on the summer solstice?
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Aberdeen, Scotland is at 57 degrees, 9 minutes north. At the summer solstice, the Sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer, at a declination of 23 degrees, 26 minutes north. (This number changes very slowly over the course of the years.)
At local apparent noon, when the Sun is highest in the sky, the angular elevation of the Sun above the horizon can always be calculated as 90 degrees minus (latitude minus declination).
So in this case, the elevation number is 56 degrees 18 minutes.
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How are equinoxes and solstices the same?
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