Areas of Saudi Arabia and the Emirates will witness the absence of noon shadows during the coming days

Weather of Arabia - Several regions of the Emirates and Saudi Arabia will witness the phenomenon of the absence of noon shadows during the coming days, due to the sun's perpendicularity to it, in conjunction with the summer solstice, which falls on Monday, June 21, 2021 at 11:25 am Mecca time.

The areas of the Emirates that will witness the absence of noon shadows

Al-Jarwan said that the areas that will witness the absence of shadow at noon are Umm Al-Zamoul, Liwa, Madinat Zayed, Al-Quaa and the areas located on or south of the latitude 23.5 north.

He pointed out that the Tropic of Cancer cuts across the southern parts of the country on which the sun perpendicular to coincide with the summer solstice.

Al-Jarwan indicated that the sun will pass perpendicular to the southern regions of the country, starting from the 6th of this June until the 7th of next July.

The orthogonal date varies astronomically from one site to another according to the width of the site.

And the absence of the shadow of the meridian with the time of noon is about 12:25 pm local time, which leads to not seeing the shadow of people and buildings during noon time.