Tropic of Cancer
23°26′N
Across the Sahara, India, and Taiwan: the farthest north the sun can shine straight down.
At the June solstice, the sun is directly overhead at noon here. Farther north, it never is. Earth's slowly changing tilt moves this boundary about 15 m toward the equator each year.
- drift is ~0.47″ of arc per year, about 15 m on the ground
Named latitudes
- Arctic Circle · 66°34′N
- The Equator · 0°00′
- Tropic of Capricorn · 23°26′S
- Antarctic Circle · 66°34′S
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