By means of trigonometry if you know the angle of elevation or by comparing it with a nearby object if you know its height and shadow length.
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Yes. The afternoon is directly after midday.
It depends on the time of day because the angle of the sun will determine the shadow length
At midday, shadows are typically at their shortest length because the sun is directly overhead. As the sun moves closer to the horizon later in the day, the shadows become longer.
The position and length of your shadow change throughout the day due to the angle of the sun in the sky. In the morning and evening when the sun is lower in the sky, your shadow will be longer. At midday when the sun is directly overhead, your shadow will be shorter.
The shadow points directly south at midday in the northern hemisphere and directly north at midday in the southern hemisphere. This is because the sun is at its highest point in the sky at midday, casting shadows directly opposite the sun's position.
The shadow of the tree would be shortest at midday when the sun is directly overhead. This is because the angle of the sunlight is most perpendicular to the tree, resulting in a shorter shadow. At sunrise and sunset, the angle of the sunlight is lower, creating longer shadows.
At midday your shadow will be at its shortest as the sun is closer to being overhead and you block less of its light. As the afternoon progresses and it gets further past midday the sun sinks lower in the sky and your shadow gets longer.
The length of your shadow changes throughout the day due to the angle of the sun in the sky. Your shadow is longest when the sun is low in the sky, typically early morning and late afternoon, and shortest when the sun is directly overhead around midday. This is because the higher the sun is in the sky, the shorter the shadow it creates.
It's determined by the height (angle above the horizon) of the Sun, and the physical height of the object throwing the shadow. The height of the Sun at midday is 90 degrees minus the latitude plus the Sun's declination of the day, which varies by up to ±23.5 degrees through the year. The length of the shadow is the height of the object divided by the tangent of the Sun's height. Example, a 6 ft object at 50 degrees north on June 21: height of the object is 6 ft, divided by tan(90 - 50 + 23.5) so the shadow has a length of 3 ft.
A shadow is typically longer at 9pm compared to midday because the sun is lower in the sky during the evening, leading to longer shadows. At midday, when the sun is directly overhead, shadows tend to be shorter.
The shortest shadow on a sundial would be afternoon or Middaay
The length of a shadow is primarily determined by the angle of the sun in relation to the object casting the shadow. Shadows are longer in the early morning and late afternoon when the sun is lower in the sky, and shorter at midday when the sun is directly overhead. The size and shape of the object casting the shadow also play a role in determining shadow length.
Midday because the sun is right above you.
A shadow.