it is because the sun is the highest in the sky so it is shining right down on you so your shadow is under your feet
Because the light source (the sun) is directly overhead. Test it out. Get a flashlight and a tennis ball or something similar. Illuminate it from different angles and observe the shadows.
Apparent solar time
No. Because of the angle of the sun, your shadow will be longest at when the sun is rising or setting. It is shortest at noon, when your shadow is directly under you.
At mid-day or when the sun is as close to overhead of you as possible. At this time, your shadow will be directly below you and not long, as it is at sunrise or sunset. If you want which day in a year the Shadow likely to be smallest than it is June 22
Depends how tall you are. What latitude you are at. The time of year.
summer shadows are shortest and winter shadows are long.
The shortest shadow occurs at noon.
The shortest shadow is at noon because the sun is directly above you
local noon (not noon according to the clock)
noon
noon
Noon, because the sun is directly overhead.
it is shortest at noon when the sun is directly over you
Apparent solar time
No. Because of the angle of the sun, your shadow will be longest at when the sun is rising or setting. It is shortest at noon, when your shadow is directly under you.
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.
At mid-day or when the sun is as close to overhead of you as possible. At this time, your shadow will be directly below you and not long, as it is at sunrise or sunset. If you want which day in a year the Shadow likely to be smallest than it is June 22
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.