18 January 2024
As a result of the Earth’s axis doesn’t change the way it tilts because it orbits the solar, the solar is larger in the summertime sky and decrease in winter. In the meantime dawn and sundown march north and south alongside the horizon from solstice to solstice.
You may see each results on this composite photograph by Tunç Tezel (The World At Evening) displaying the solar’s path at summer time solstice, equinox and winter solstice in Bursa, Turkey, embedded from NASA APOD.
In my very own approach I’ve saved monitor of the identical factor. Once we lived in Greenfield our home confronted west so I famous the place the solar set for each solstices and the equinox. Now we face east and I haven’t accomplished that but for dawn, however I have already got some markers.
Right here’s my jap view at dawn yesterday morning. This could be a marker.
I even have 4 photographs of solar pillars that are good dawn markers.
Put collectively on an jap view photograph, it seems to be like this. You may already see the solar marching alongside.
I didn’t add yesterday’s dawn to the marker photograph as a result of it was too near 11 January, however the solar did certainly transfer northward in 6 days. See composite photograph beneath.
I’m properly on my approach towards finishing the dawn markers however it’ll take a 12 months to do it. I would like each solstices and the equinox.
Strive it for your self. Any horizon will do even in case you’re in a valley. Throughout one 12 months take 3 to 12 photographs, both simply the solstices & equinox or one photograph per 30 days. Word the date and the solar’s location on the horizon. Put the markers in your horizon photograph as I’ve accomplished above.
So the place did the solar come up as we speak?
Ummm … Not as we speak in Pittsburgh. It’s too cloudy to see the solar.
