Those are the days when the sun reaches the "solstices" ... June 21 and December 21.
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The North Pole is at 90 degrees north latitude, and the South Pole is at 90 degrees south latitude. So, distance north or south of the equator is called 'latitude'. One way to remember this is to think of the rungs of a ladder. "Ladder"-- "Lati-" you step up or down the 'rungs of ladder-tude'.
No, the sun is never directly over any point on earth north of the Tropic of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn, 23.5° north latitude and 23.5° south latitude respectively. Houston is located at around 30 degrees North, so the sun will always be towards the south of overhead. On June 21st at noon, the sun is only 7 degrees shy of shining ''directly overhead", namely at 83 degrees above the southern horizon. This is pretty high up, in fact much higher than it ever gets in Europe.
Between June 21 and December 21, it moves from 23.5 north to 23.5 south ... 47 degrees of latitude. Then during the other 6 months, it covers the 47 degrees to return back north. But the rate at which it covers this range is not constant. The speed is "sinusoidal" ... slowest at the ends, and fastest in the middle.
The continent that is located at 60 degrees north and 120 degrees west is North America. Its location is in Canada where the British Columbia, Alberta, and Northwest territories meet.
It is called a Solstice. I think it's from the latin for 'Stationary Sun'.
The two days of the year when the sun is directly overhead at either 23.5 degrees north or south are known as the summer solstice and the winter solstice.
The sun is never overhead at 42 degrees north.
Each of the two days of the year when the noon sun is overhead at either 23.5 north and south is caled the SOLSTICE
A solstice.
The circle that is 23.5 degrees north of the equator is called the Tropic of Cancer. This line marks the northernmost latitude where the sun can be directly overhead at noon.
It is called a Solstice. I think it's from the latin for 'Stationary Sun'.
No, the sun is never directly overhead at midday in Memphis, Tennessee, as it is located at a latitude of around 35 degrees north. The sun is only directly overhead at latitudes between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south).
Any latitude above 23.5 degrees north or south will never experience the Sun as being directly overhead. We call these lines the Tropic of Cancer to the north, or the Tropic of Capricorn to the south. The area between the two lines are called "the tropics".
The latitude situated at 23 and a half degrees north is called the Tropic of Cancer. It marks the northernmost position where the sun appears directly overhead at noon during the June solstice.
The Tropic of Cancer is about 23 degrees north latitude and the Tropic of Capricorn is 23 degrees south. They signify the highest and lowest latitudes in which the sun appears directly overhead.
90 degrees north is the earth's north pole. There is no latitude of 95 degrees, either north or south.