[DOC] [TLE] Understanding Astronomy: The Sun and the Seasons - Physics [PAR] Its motions through our sky cause day and night, the passage of the seasons, and 
earth's ... For mid-northern observers, the noon sun is quite low in the southern 
sky. ... so half of it is in the celestial sphere's northern hemisphere and half is in 
the south. ... At the equator, the noon sun is straight overhead on the equinoxes. [DOC] [TLE] Tutorial on Earth/Sun Relations and Seasons [PAR] If the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, the northern hemisphere ... 
This is the subsolar point: the sun is directly overhead at noon at this latitude. ... 
south that the sun's rays shine directly is latitude 23  degrees south, the Tropic 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Seasons and heat distribution on Earth [PAR] The sun rays shine down perpendicularly at a different latitude each day ... by 90
o position of sun at noon) shine down at 23.5o N latitude (Tropic of Cancer). ... 
The day of longest daylight for N. hemisphere occurs when Sun's vertical rays are
... [DOC] [TLE] Sun path - Wikipedia [PAR] Sun path refers to the apparent significant seasonal-and-hourly positional 
changes of the sun ... In the Northern Hemisphere in summer (June, July, August)
, the Sun rises in ... On the equator, the sun will be straight overhead and a 
vertical stick will cast no shadow at solar noon on .... "Geometry and the physics 
of seasons". [DOC] [TLE] Astronomy Notes 2 - Motions of the Sun and the Moon [PAR] You may recognize these dates as the beginnings of the seasons of Spring and 
Autumn. ... If you were to turn the Sun down so that you could see the stars at the 
same .... of the Earth is tilted more toward the Earth than the southern hemisphere
. .... It starts out one day pointing directly at the Sun (at noon) and at a very distant
... [DOC] [TLE] What is the significance of the Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn ... [PAR] Jun 27, 2015 ... The Tropic of Cancer is the circle marking the latitude 23.5 degrees north, where 
the sun is directly overhead at noon on June 21, the beginning of summer in the 
northern hemisphere. ... The equator is the circle where the Sun is directly 
overhead at noon on the ... (Beginner)  What causes seasons? [DOC] [TLE] The spinning Earth: Your world is tilted - The Earth and Sun ... [PAR] The alternation of these configurations creates the seasons on Earth. ... As the 
Earth spins about this tilted axis, days in the Northern hemisphere will be longer 
than ... Notice that on the tilted globe, the Sun will not be overhead at noon at the 
equator. ... The line of latitude along which this occurs is the Tropic of Cancer. [DOC] [TLE] II.3 How the Sun shines on the Earth at Different Seasons [PAR] Showing how the sun shines on the earth in June, illuminating the whole of the ... 
that of the Vernal Equinox, because the season in our hemisphere is spring, and 
the ... The sun then shines on the region round the north pole, while that round 
the ... there is a circle FG on which the sun will be in the zenith at noon of June 21
. [DOC] [TLE] Historical Astronomy: Solstice & Equinox - themcclungs.net [PAR] Mar 10, 2014 ... When the northern hemisphere is pointed "towards" the sun (A), it is summer ... of 
the earth to the sun would pass through the latitude known as the Tropic ... That 
means on the summer solstice, the sun would be directly overhead at noon if ... 
position "D", so in a sense we are sun shining down on the earth. [DOC] [TLE] Changing Seasons - Exploring Nature [PAR] The other factor is length of the day  how long the sun shines on an area each 
day. ... The seasons are very different in the Northern Hemisphere than in the ... is 
tilted toward the sun once more, with the equator getting direct sunlight at noon. 
... If the Earth

Question: The start of this season in the N. hemisphere is when the sun shines straight down on the tropic at noon
Answer: summer