your shadow is the shortest when the sun is right above you!
As the sun rises shadows become smaller until it is directly overhead. As it falls shadows become larger until it sets.
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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.
The shadows are shorter at noon because the sun is higher thus not casting a longer shadow put an object in the sun at noon then watch as the sun throughout the day the object will cast a longer and longer shadow as the sun starts to go down
Your shadow would be shortest at noon because the sun would be directly overhead.
At the time of Sun Rise and Sunset... or we can say at early morning and late evening...
The shortest shadow is at noon because the sun is directly above you
From September 21 until March 21, the shortest shadow points north from the equator. From March 21 until September 21, the shortest shadow points south from the equator.
The shortest shadow occurs at noon.
At noon, or when the sun is in the middle of the sun is in the middle of the sky. It is directly above you so it casts arely any shadow. One could argue that it is shortest at night, when it is non-existent, but that technically means that there is no shadow to measure.
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in the winter by anthony greco
it is shortest at noon when the sun is directly over you
The shortest shadow on a sundial would be afternoon or Middaay
In the southern hemisphere, the shortest shadow during the day will point North