Which Day Is Shadow?

Which Day Is Shadow?

Calcutta witnesses first 'Zero Shadow' day on June 5
Wherever there is light, there should be a shadow. But people, all around the world, living between the Tropic of Cancer (+23.5 degrees latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (-23.5 degrees latitude), lose their shadows, albeit momentarily, twice a year.

Why is there no shadow day?

This is because of the earth's tilt at an angle of 23.5 degree, with respect to its orbiting around the Sun. But, twice in a year, at regions between the latitudes of +23.5 and -2.35, the sun does pass directly over the heads, causing the shadows to disappear which is observed as the Zero Shadow Day.

What is AZSD 0 shadow day?

A zero shadow day is a day on which the Sun does not cast a shadow of an object at noon, when the sun will be exactly at the zenith position. Zero shadow day happens twice a year for locations between +23.5 and -23.5 degrees of latitude (between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer).

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