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The day when your shadow is the shortest depends on where you are on the Earth.
* In the northern hemisphere it is when the sun is the highest in the sky. The day of the Summer Solstice
* .In the Southern Hemisphere it is when the sun is the highest in the sky. The day of the Winter Solstice.
* At the equator the sun is directly overhead and your shadow is at its minimum at each of the equinoxes
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoFor northern mid-latitudes, noon shadows are shortest of any day of the year on June 21, the summer solstice. Shadows are longest on the autumnal solstice, when the length of day and night are the same.
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∙ 12y agothe day when shadows are shortest are every monday and Friday of every week
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When are shadows shortest?
Shadows are shortest at noon, when the Sun is overhead.
What time of the day shadows the shortest?
local noon (not noon according to the clock)
Short day of the year?
Brumal is the name of the shortest day of the year
At what time of the day would you expect to find the shortest shadows and why?
Shadows are the shortest when the sun is high in the sky. This is because when the sun is high in the sky, sunlight is striking the ground at an almost right angle making a short shadow. If the sun would be directly overhead, there would be no shadow.
What happens to shadows in the afternoon?
Shadows are long in the evening and morning. They are at their shortest during mid-day. Shadows are also much longer in the winter than they are in the summer, due to the low sun angle.
Can the same day be both the longest and the shortest day of the year?
Yes. Longest day of the year in one hemisphere, and shortest day of the year in the other hemisphere. So our summer solstice on June 21 is the longest day in Europe or America, but the shortest day for the Australians.
Is a shadow at 1 pm the same as a shadow at 4pm?
Shadows are shortest at 12noon.... Just found out frm my sis....
Is a shadow usually longer at mind-day than it is just before sunset?
No, shadows are shortest at mid day and longest at sunset.
How shadows change size during a day?
shadow will become short when it was xiawu and no shadow at night! haha At noon, when the sun aerial, and shadows is the shortest. When the sun goes down, the shadows change into the longest.
What is the shortest day in Adelaide?
The shortest day in Adelaide tends to occur on 21 June each year. This is the winter solstice, and it is the shortest day throughout Australia.
Why is the winter solstice not the longest day of the year?
Because it is the shortest day of the year.
Which is the shortest day in a year?
In the northern hemisphere the shortest day would be the 21st of December.
