Noon Sun Angle Worksheet: Name Lukáš Pavel O5.A Name Date Subsolar Point (Latitude Where The Sun Is Overhead at Noon)

Noon Sun Angle Worksheet Name Lukáš Pavel O5.
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Name Date Subsolar Point (Latitude where the sun is overhead at noon)
Equinox March 22nd 0o
Equinox September 22nd 0o
Solstice June 22nd 23.5˚ N
Solstice December 22nd 23.5˚ S
Noon Sun Angle = 90 – Zenith Angle
Zenith Angle = latitude where you are at ± subsolar point
If the subsolar point and your latitude are in the same hemisphere, subtract.
If the subsolar point and your latitude are in different hemispheres, add.
Note: if you get a negative number, it means that no sunlight is received at that time of year… or it is
dark for 24 hours, use 0o as your answer.
Instructions: complete the table.

Problem Time of Year Subsolar Latitude Zenith Angle Noon Sun Angle Noon
Point where Calculation Sun
you are Angle
"at"
Example September 22 0˚ 14˚ 14 – 0 = 14 90 – 14 = 76 76˚
1 Equinox 0˚ 23.5˚N 23.5 – 0 = 23.5 90 – 23.5 = 66.5 66.5˚
2 March 22 0˚ 80˚N 80 – 0 = 80 90 – 80 = 10 10˚
3 September 22 0˚ 80˚S 80 – 0 = 80 90 – 80 = 10 10˚
4 June 22 23.5˚ N 80˚N 80 – 23.5 = 90 – 56.5 = 33.5 33.5˚

56.6
5 June 22 23.5˚ N 80˚S 80 + 23.5 = 90 – 103.5 = -13.5 0˚

103.5
6 June 22 23.5˚ N 0˚ 23.5 – 0 = 23.5 90 – 23.5 = 66.5 66.5˚
7 December 22 23.5˚ S 80˚S 80 – 23.5 = 90 – 56.5 = 33.5 33.5˚

56.5
8 December 22 23.5˚ S 80˚N 80 + 23.5 = 90 – 103.5 = -13.5 0˚

103.5
9 December 22 23.5˚ S 23.5 ˚S 23.5 – 23.5 = 0 90 – 0 = 90 90˚

10 March 22 0˚ 34˚N 34 – 0 = 34 90 – 34 = 56 56˚
11. June 22 23.5˚ N 34˚N 34 – 23.5 = 90 – 10.5 = 79.5 79.5˚

10.5
12. December 22 23.5˚ S 34˚N 34 + 23.5 = 90 – 57.5 = 32.5 32.5˚

57.5
More about Noon Sun Angles
North South
This is a diagram of a house in Arizona. Pretend that the house is in southern Arizona at 33˚N. The
diagram shows summer sun's rays at noon on the June 22nd Solstice and winter sun's rays at noon on
the December 22nd Solstice.
13. What is the angle of the sun’s rays at noon during the summer (June 22nd Solstice)? ___________.
Show your work here:
Zenith Angle = 33 - 23.5 = 9.5

Sun Angle = 90 – 9.5˚ = 80.5˚
14. What is the angle of the sun’s rays at noon during the winter (December 22nd Solstice)?
___________________. Show your work here:
Zenith Angle = 33.5 + 23.5 = 56.5

Sun Angle = 90 – 56.5 = 33.5˚
Bonus Questions
15. The original diagram is not correct. The summer angle should both be more vertical and the
winterangle should be shallower. Use a protractor to check the diagram, then correct the picture. Use
the white in the middle of the picture as the guide for your protractor.
16. Would you put a shade tree on the north or the south side of the house? Why?
on the south of the house because the shade is always cast to the north of the tree
Na
me Lukáš Pavel O5.A
Instructions: FILL IN THE CIRCLE BY THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. Why is it summer in the Northern Hemisphere in June?

 A. Earth is closer to the sun in June
 B. Sun angles are high and days are long
 C. The sun sends out giant solar flares in June
 D. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
2. Which statement about the Vernal Equinox is correct?

 A. There are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness at all latitudes.
 B. Sun angles are low and days are short.
 C. It is the first day of fall.
 D. Earth’s axis is pointed way from the sun.
3. Look at the diagram above. Where is it summer?

 A. In Antarctica
 B. In the Southern Hemisphere
 C. At the Equator
 D. In the Northern Hemisphere
4. Where can you go on Summer Solstice (June 21st) and have 24-hours of daylight?
 A. The Equator
 B. The Tropic of Cancer
 C. All of the latitudes from the Arctic Circle to the North Pole
 D. All of the latitudes from the Antarctic Circle to the South Pole
5. When only a small amount of light hits a surface there is

 A. high solar flux and warm temperatures.
 B. high solar flux and cool temperatures.
 C. low solar flux and warm temperature.
 D. low solar flux and cool temperatures.

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Instructions: complete the table.

1 Equinox 0˚ 23.5˚N 23.5 – 0 = 23.5 90 – 23.5 = 66.5 66.5˚

2 March 22 0˚ 80˚N 80 – 0 = 80 90 – 80 = 10 10˚

3 September 22 0˚ 80˚S 80 – 0 = 80 90 – 80 = 10 10˚

4 June 22 23.5˚ N 80˚N 80 – 23.5 = 90 – 56.5 = 33.5 33.5˚

5 June 22 23.5˚ N 80˚S 80 + 23.5 = 90 – 103.5 = -13.5 0˚

6 June 22 23.5˚ N 0˚ 23.5 – 0 = 23.5 90 – 23.5 = 66.5 66.5˚

7 December 22 23.5˚ S 80˚S 80 – 23.5 = 90 – 56.5 = 33.5 33.5˚

8 December 22 23.5˚ S 80˚N 80 + 23.5 = 90 – 103.5 = -13.5 0˚

9 December 22 23.5˚ S 23.5 ˚S 23.5 – 23.5 = 0 90 – 0 = 90 90˚

11. June 22 23.5˚ N 34˚N 34 – 23.5 = 90 – 10.5 = 79.5 79.5˚

12. December 22 23.5˚ S 34˚N 34 + 23.5 = 90 – 57.5 = 32.5 32.5˚

More about Noon Sun Angles

Zenith Angle = 33 - 23.5 = 9.5

Zenith Angle = 33.5 + 23.5 = 56.5

1. Why is it summer in the Northern Hemisphere in June?

2. Which statement about the Vernal Equinox is correct?

3. Look at the diagram above. Where is it summer?

5. When only a small amount of light hits a surface there is

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