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If earth's axis were tilted 45 degrees at what latitudes would the sun be directly overhead on the solstices and the equinoxes?
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When are the solstices and the equinoxes?
Equinoxes are when there are twelve hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. The autumnal equinox is on September 21st on average, and the vernal equinox is on March 21st on average. You can tell that the seasons have changed and the equinoxes and solstices have occured because the amount of sunlight changes and temperatures also change. Solstices are when there is either the shortest or longest amount of daylight. The summer solstice is when there is the longest amount of daylight. After the summer solstice, days begin to slowly get shorter until the autumnal equinox. The winter solstice is when there is the shortest amount of daylight. After the winter solstice the days get longer until you reach the vernal equinox.
What are the two equinoxes?
The two equinoxes occur every spring and autumn. The "equinoxes" are two points on the map of the stars. The center of the sun reaches and passes one of them at some moment around March 21, and the other one at some moment around September 22. At those moments, the sun is directly overhead some point on the earth's equator, and every place on earth has roughly equal periods of sun-up and sun-down on that day ... the only two times in the year when these things happen.
How often does the sun shine directly overhead at the equator?
Never. The sun never goes past about 23 degrees north or south of the equator.
Where does the sun shine directly overhead on September 22?
the equator
Which part of the Earth receives most of the Sun's energy?
The answer is easy - that part of the Earth where the Sun is DIRECTLY OVERHEAD at mid day. However, the answer is also complex because this point moves on a daily basis between the latitudes of the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere where it is overhead on or around the 21st December the southern "solstice" and the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere where it is overhead on or around the 21st June the northern "solstice". This movement is caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis of spin by 23° 26′ 16″ to the plane in which the Earth orbits the Sun.
How often does the Sun appear directly overhead in Mexico City?
Twice; both during the sun's summer and winter solstices.
What latitude for Arnold is the sun directly overhead at noon on the equinox and solstice?
There is no latitude on earth at which the sun would be directly overhead at noon on the equinox and the solstice.
Is the sun directly overhead in the equator?
Not always. The sun is directly overhead at the equator at the spring and fall equinoxes.
What do the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer signify?
Respectively, they are the southernmost and northernmost latitudes where the sun may be directly overhead. Each tropic experiences this phenomenon once per year, on the equinoxes of December and June respectively.
Where does the sun most directly overhead?
At the Tropic of Capricorn.
Which latitudes on Earth sometimes see the Moon directly overhead but never the Sun directly overhead?
That would be true of latitudes in the range of roughly 23.5° to 29° both north and south.
What are the two days of the year called when the sun is directly overhead at either 23.5 north or south?
The solstices.
When on a equator day will the overhead the earth at midday?
If you are at the equator, the SUN will be directly overhead during the equinoxes - around 21 March, and 23 September.
What day of the year is the sun directly overhead at 0 degrees?
At the equinoxes - around 21 May, and 23 September.
Why is the sun always high in the sky over the Amazon rainforest?
This is due to the amazon being quite close to the Equator, where the sun is almost directly overhead. It is at the March and September Equinoxes that the sun is directly overhead at noon.
What do the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn have to do with the solstices?
The sun is directly overhead at either one of the Tropics on either the June or December Solstice.
How Does the sun shines directly overhead at the equator?
At the times of the equinoxes ... a moment on March 21 and another one around September 22.
