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What time of day is your shadow the shortest?
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
Are your shadows short at sunset?
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.
The sun casts the shortest shadow of the day at noon acorrding to what?
Apparent solar time
Where on Earth are you if you observe the shadow from a stick pointing northward at the instant of apparent local noon during the Autunm Equinox?
Somewhere in the northern hemisphere...
Where would a shadow fall on a winter morning?
In the UK, the shadow is likely to fall (point) towards West-north-west.
When is a smaller shadow formed?
at noon the shadow is point sized {smaller} and in morning and evening the shadow is the longest.
When would the shadow point north?
Noon (standard time).
How much shadow is shown at noon?
The shortest shadow occurs at noon.
What time of the day are shadow the shortest?
local noon (not noon according to the clock)
What time of the day is the shadow smallest?
At noon (12:00PM) because that is the time when the sun is on its highest point in the sky.
Where would your shadow be at noon if you lived closer to the equator?
There will be no shadow because the sun will be directly over your head on the equator at 12 noon.
What time of day is your shadow the shortest?
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
In which direction would the tree's shadow point at noon each day?
In the northern hemisphere, the sun is generally in the southern half of the sky. Then, at noon, a shadow cast by anything in New York will point approximately North.
When is the shortest shadow cast?
The shortest shadow is at noon because the sun is directly above you
What time of day is the shadow shortest?
Noon, because the sun is directly overhead.
When observed from sunrise to sunset the length of the shadow will?
The length of the shadow will be longest at sunrise and sunset, and shortest at noon when the sun is at its highest point in the sky. This is because the angle of the sun's rays hitting the object casting the shadow is more oblique at sunrise and sunset, creating a longer shadow.
At what time of the day would shadow be at its shortest?
noon
