What is the latitude of the overhead sun?

You may have noticed two special lines of latitude on a globe of the world: One in the Northern Hemisphere called the Tropic of Cancer at +23.5° latitude and one in the Southern Hemisphere called the Tropic of Capricorn at − 23.5° latitude. These are the latitudes where the Sun is directly overhead at noon once a year.

What is the highest angle above the horizon that the sun will reach on the summer solstice?

At the North Pole, the sun is above the horizon for six straight months (March through September), spinning around in horizontal circles, reaching a maximum height of 23.5° above the horizon at the June solstice. As you travel southward in the northern hemisphere, the noon sun gets higher and higher.

At which latitude is the sun overhead on 21st June?

Tropic of Cancer
It is the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. During this, countries in the Northern Hemisphere are nearest to the Sun and the Sun shines overhead on the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° North).

At what latitude is the sun directly overhead on the June solstice quizlet?

On the June Solstice the sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees north latitude) at noon.

What is the latitude 23.5 degrees north?

Tropic of Cancer: 23.5 degrees north of equator.

Where is 23.5 degrees south latitude?

Tropic of Capricorn
The Tropic of Capricorn lies at 23.5 degrees south of the equator and runs through Australia, Chile, southern Brazil (Brazil is the only country that passes through both the equator and a tropic), and northern South Africa.

On which latitude will the sun be overhead on 21?

On June 21, when the Sun is directly overhead 23.5 degrees N, note that in shining 90 degrees, the Sun will extend not only to the North Pole (66.5 degrees away from the Tropic of Cancer), but in fact an additional 23.5 degrees (to make a total of 90 degrees) beyond the pole to the back side of the Arctic Circle (66.5 …

At which latitude is the sun overhead on 22nd December?

23 1/2° South.

Where is the Sun overhead on the southern hemisphere winter solstice quizlet?

Where is the noon sun in the Southern Hemisphere in December? directly overhead at 23.5 south latitude.

Where is the Sun overhead on the Northern Hemisphere summer solstice?

the Tropic of Cancer
When it’s a summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun appears directly over the Tropic of Cancer, the latitude line at 23.5 degrees North. (That’s as far north as you can go and still see the sun directly overhead.)

What is the angle of the sun at summer solstice?

At the time of the summer or winter solstices, the Sun is 23.44° degrees above or below the horizon, respectively, irrespective of time of day.

Where is the 23rd parallel south located?

The 23rd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 23 degrees south of the Earth’s equatorial plane, about 50 km north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.