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Sun's position between June and September?

I'm building a house near Sudbury Ontario. I want to predict where the shadows will be, middle of June to Middle of September

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Try http://squ1.org/wiki/Solar_Position_Calculator

    This includes a shadow length calculator.

  • 1 decade ago

    What shadow? At what time?

    When the sun rises in the east, the shadow will be to the west, when it transits to the south, the shadow will be to the north, when it sets in the west the shadow will be to the east.

    Subdury is roughly at latitude 46.5 N and longitude 81 W.

    On June 21, the sun's declination is 23.4 N. On September 22, it is 0 (the sun will be on the celestial equator).

    At 'local noon' (when the sun is due south, regardless of the official time on a clock) when the sun is highest in the sky, that is when the shadow points due north, and is the shortest for the day.

    On Sept. 22, the sun will be 43.5 degrees above the horizon (90 - latitude).

    On June 21, the sun will be (90-46.5) + 23.4 = 66.9 degrees above the horizon (the shadows will be much shorter).

    There are ways to calculated the altitude of the sun and its azimuth (in order to determine direction and lengths of shadow) for any hour of any day, but I'd need to know for what time, for what purpose and for what dates.

    Go check out if they still have the astronomy club at Science North.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The sun will come up tomorrrow!

    Tomorrow!

    Come what may!

    Tomorrow! Tomorrow!

    I love you!

    Tomorrow!

    You're just one day away!

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