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When is a shadow shorter in the day?

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it is shortest at noon when the sun is directly over you

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When is our height shorter to our shadow?

When the sun is low down, the shadow is longer. If the sun is high up the shadow is shorter.


What time during the day is your shadow the same height as you?

Both. At sunrise and sunset on a sunny day, your shadow will be very long. As the sun rises and approaches it's zenith at noon, your shadow becomes progessively shorter, then lengthens again throughout the afternoon.


Is a shadow at Long or short?

A shadow is usually longer in the morning and shorter in the afternoon.


How does the position of the sun effect your shadow?

The lower the sun the longer the shadow and the higher the sun the shorter the shadow


At midnight would your shadow be long or short?

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Why is your shadow shorter in Miami Florida?

Miami,Florida


When do objects have shorter shadows?

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When are shadows long and short?

closer to light source shadow is bigger when far from the light source shadow is shorter


Will a shadow be longer it you move west on the latitude line or shorter?

No difference.


Where is the sun in the sky to make a short shadow?

As high a possible, at mid day. It's even shorter as you get closer to the tropics, where at the right time, the sun can be directly overhead.


Do all shadows look the same?

The length of your shadow depends on the angle on the Sun.If it is noon your shadow will be shorter than if It was at 3pm or 9am for at those times your shadow Will be longer.


What it is your shadow in monrning will get?

If you spend enough time standing around, during a sunny day, watching your shadow, you can observe that it will quite long early in the morning, and it gradually gets shorter as you approach noon; after noon it starts to get longer again. Then at night time, it is gone. Although moonlight can also cast a shadow, much fainter than the shadow you can get with sunlight.