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Daytime is the period of the day in which the Sun is above the local horizon in a given location. It is sometimes just called "day". During the daytime an area is illuminated by daylight, a combinatio
Sunrise in Brisbane Water National Park, Australia
A daytime sky with white clouds
Noon
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Solar noon is the time when the Sun appears to contact the local celestial meridian, at 12 noon apparent solar time. It is close to, but usually not exactly equal to, the instant when the Sun reaches
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…sphere from the September equinox to the March equinox. On the equinoxes, the equatorial Sun culminates at the zenith, passing directly overhead at solar noon. The fact that the equatorial Sun is always so close to the zenith at solar noon explains why the tropical zone contains the warmest regions on the…
Baku Street at Noon (1861) by Alexey Bogolyubov, depicting shadows from the sun at its highest point over the city of Baku