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In the tropics at night time - when is the sun directly below the Northern Horizon at midnight and when is it directly below the Southern Horizon at midnight?
DiamondXmas
If you're in the tropics (the area between 23.5N and 23.5S latitude) then you'd need to know what date it is, and your precise latitude, to know whether the Sun was closer to the northern horizon or the southern one. In the tropics, the difference won't be very large.
You can calculate this, of course. You'll need to look up the declination of the Sun for the date, and compare this to your own latitude.
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