If you are north of the equator, it's on December 22 or 23.
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If you are south of the equator, it's on June 21 or 22.
Your noontime shadow changes throughout the year due to the tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit around the Sun. During summer, when the Sun is higher in the sky, your shadow is shorter. In contrast, during winter, when the Sun is lower, your shadow is longer. This variation in shadow length is most pronounced around the solstices, with the shortest shadows at the summer solstice and the longest at the winter solstice.
The sun casts the longest shadows immediately after sunrise and immediately before sunset.
As can be observed on any sunny day, the shadows are longest at sunrise and at sunset.
That depends where you are on the planet. Your shadow would be longest if you were standing on a rotational pole at the time of equinox. At this point your shadow would be infinity long as it would be "projected" into space. However as a rule of thumb one's shadow is longest when the sun is rising or setting but high enough to cast your shadow.
At noontime in the central US on a sunny day, a person's shadow lies directly below them due to the position of the sun being almost directly overhead. This is because the sun is at its highest point in the sky around noon, resulting in shorter or no shadows.
A shadow is longest in the early morning or late afternoon when the angle of the sun is low in the sky. This occurs during sunrise and sunset when the sun is closest to the horizon, causing objects to cast longer shadows.
As the summer solstice approaches, noontime shadows in New York State become shorter due to the sun's higher position in the sky. Around this time, the sun reaches its zenith at noon, resulting in more direct sunlight and diminished shadow length. This change is particularly noticeable as the longest day of the year approaches, leading to a shift in the angle and intensity of sunlight. Consequently, objects cast shorter and more defined shadows during the midday hours.
The nearer the sun is to the ground, the longer the shadow casted.
Summer would probably have the the shortest shadow because the sun is right over us and winter would have the longest because the sun isn't right over us. The length of the shadow really doesn't depend on the seasons. It is really about where the sun is in the sky. But in order for there to be an actual shadow, the sun must be visible. So in summer you would find the most shadows but not the longest. You can get a long shadow in any season as long as the sun shines.
sun rise and sun set...becaue the sun is (in a sense) more or less in front of or behind you thus making you shadow cast father rather than if it is above you, your shadow will be short
The time of day in which your shadow is longest is right before sunset, but early enough that there is still a good amount of sunlight. Your shadow is at it's shortest at 12 noon. As the sun goes further down, you are blocking more and more of its rays. The same could be said in the morning as the sun is rising. You will cast a long shadow that grows shorter until the sun is directly overhead.
The sun casts the longest shadows during sunrise and sunset, when the sun is at a low angle in the sky. This phenomenon occurs because the sunlight has to travel through a greater thickness of the Earth's atmosphere, creating longer shadows.