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What days of the year is the sun directly overhead at 0 degrees latitude?
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∙ 6y ago
The Sun is never directly overhead in the Continental US. The Sun's maximum inclination is 23.26 degrees, at the Summer Solstice, but Key West, the southern most point of the Continental US, is 24.5 degrees. It is close, but it is not directly overhead.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoNone. This phenomenon can only occur in the 'tropics', between 23.5 degrees south latitude and 23.5 degrees north.
Hawaii qualifies as being inside this band ... by about 2 degrees. But the continental US doesn't.
Key West FL is out by 1 degree, and Brownsville TX by 2-1/2 degrees.
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∙ 10y agoNone. The Sun never goes further North than 23.5 degrees.
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∙ 12y agoThat event occurs at two instants during the year ... one in March and one in September,
when the sun passes through the equinoxes.
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∙ 11y agoThat happens twice a year at any latitude between 23.5° south and 23.5° north.
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∙ 6y agoAt the equinoxes - around 21 May, and 23 September.
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∙ 6y agoThey are the Spring and Autumnal equinoces.
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∙ 6y ago21 March and 21 December.
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Where is the sun overhead at noon on December 10?
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452,4000000
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zero
How many days during the year is the Sun directly overhead in the continental US?
452,4000000
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The solstices.
Where is the sun straight overhead at an equinox?
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