Sun is directly overhead right now, that should be impossible

hate all the math, stats and numbers are smokescreen for whatever you'd like to portray

all i know is that sun is above you always at noon

al the rest, meh conspiracy

so why is it called "high noon"

what's high at noon

earths magnetic north is not its rotational axis.....

high noon or solar noon is whenever the sun is at its highest....casting the shortest shadow.....

due to where you are in your time zone .....daylight saving time and the analemma of your latitude.....high noon is not at clocktime 12pm.....


here is a site to determine your solar noon time....

[link to gml.noaa.gov (secure)]

The earth axis tilt is no more than 24.5 degrees. [link to www.timeanddate.com (secure)]

That means that at the maximum, summer equinox (which is just about now) the sun will be 24.5 degrees higher than average.

I am located at 42 degrees north latitude. I know which way is north, and if anything, the sun is slightly south of vertical at the moment. That means that on the average, the sun at noontime should be 42 degrees below vertical, about 48 degrees above the horizon.

Since 24.5 < 42, it should be impossible that the sun is directly overhead.

Stfu with your shilling. We’ve had enough.

typo, I meant

"the sun is slightly south of vertical" i.e. it's gone beyond vertical

if you're at 42 degrees north latitude......then at the equinox the angle to the noon sun will be 90 - 42 = 48 degrees.....

at summer solstice you add 23.4 degrees to that and the sun should be 48 + 23.4 = 71.4 degrees above the horizon......or 90 - 71.4 = 18.6 degrees from directly overhead...


go outside tomorrow and determine where the sun is at high noon.....
jam a stick in the ground and mark off the shadows to find the spot where the shadow was shortest.....that was high noon....
if the sun is directly overhead there will be no shadow.....

the next day you document your observation.....

if your stick is 4 feet high....then the shadow should be about 1 foot 4.125 inches long.....
the longer your stick...and more pointy it is on top.......the more accurate your measurement will be....

dont come in here making outlandish claims unless you have good documentation of your observation....
for instance....take a video of a phone showing the time and gps location....or a landmark if there is one nearby....and in the same shot your stick and a tape measure on it and the shadow.....

the earth is a flat and stationary plane

Something is going on.. Last night saw the Local Southeast US forecast on the gulf coast.. It had Sat 100 Sun 100 mon 100.. We have (NEVER) seen anything forcasted like this in our area EVER.....................................................

its always over head where I live at about this time.. but I have not looked this year.