If you live in the northern hemisphere, Summer. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, Winter. To be perhaps a little overly picky, at the moment that the north pole is pointing most directly toward the sun, it is the very end of northern spring, and the very beginning of norther summer. In the south, it is the end of autumn, and the beginning of winter.
Mid summer in the northern hemisphere. Max at around June 23rd.
Looking toward the north, the ray from you through the point 70 degrees above the horizon. 90 degrees would be directly overhead.Notation such as this is used to announce sightings of the International Space Station, for example:
To travel from Virginia to Mississippi, you would generally head southwest.
If one end the Earth's axis always pointed toward the sun, then one pole would ALWAYS be in daylight, and the other pole would NEVER see daylight. Which is which would depend on which end of the axis pointed toward the sun. The Earth's "poles" are the ends of its axis of rotation. It's not possible for either end of the axis to point toward the equator or toward my latitude.
When the North Pole is leaning toward the sun, the days are longer in the Northern Hemisphere due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. This tilt results in the Northern Hemisphere receiving more direct sunlight, leading to longer days as the North Pole experiences continuous daylight during this time, such as during the summer months.
The north end of a compass needle would point toward the north pole of a bar magnet.
Toward magnetic north, which is not right at the north pole. Magnetic north changes position, so this is not exact, but your compass would point roughly toward 83 degrees north 116 degrees west.
Mid summer in the northern hemisphere. Max at around June 23rd.
Looking toward the north, the ray from you through the point 70 degrees above the horizon. 90 degrees would be directly overhead.Notation such as this is used to announce sightings of the International Space Station, for example:
To travel from Virginia to Mississippi, you would generally head southwest.
If you were traveling from Denver, Colorado to Bismarck, North Dakota, you would be traveling in a northeasterly direction.If you were traveling from Bismarck, North Dakota to Denver, Colorado, you would be traveling in a southwesterly direction.
Many pious groups face Mecca when praying. If you are in North Americal that would be east, toward the "holy land."
go directly north, then go west toward Lake Ontario
In June, it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere of Earth. So I'd assume that the Northern Hemisphere is closer to the Sun at that time, and that would probably occur because the North Pole is tilted towards the Sun during June. In fact, the Summer Solstice is in the middle of June somewhere.
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If one end the Earth's axis always pointed toward the sun, then one pole would ALWAYS be in daylight, and the other pole would NEVER see daylight. Which is which would depend on which end of the axis pointed toward the sun. The Earth's "poles" are the ends of its axis of rotation. It's not possible for either end of the axis to point toward the equator or toward my latitude.