I was wrong in the way I was thinking. I found a site explaining
the vernal equinox as being the a day when the length of night
is equal to the length of day. And it occurs around March 21st
every year. The summer solstice happens around June 22nd
each year. For some reason I was thinking along the lines that
August being the hottest days of the year represented the
month that the longest day of the year occured. I'm starting
to think now that August is hottest because the summer
gradually warms the ground and the rise in temp is felt because
of the heat already being in the ground. I'm not sure this is
correct and proper thinking, but the more I think about it...
I think the temp is low enough to not start slowing its rise in
temp each day.

So the way it looks, it'll be about September 21st or 22nd
where the sun will start making it's northerly track again. That
represents the autumnal equinox. On this day the day will be
equal in length to the night.

Thanks Jackie.

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Jim Carlock
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"J. Davidson" wrote:
Isn't the vernal equinox when it starts the southerly path?
(actually when we start the northerly path I guess.) I think that was in
June.
Jackie
"Jim Carlock" wrote:
Anyone else notice that the sun is still sinking south ?

I was thinking that the sun reached it's highest point in July
and would start moving the other way in the sky. In June,
the sun moved across the sky in a more northerly plane. In
May it was even further north. In September the plane it's
skewing along on is still moving south. I'm noticing this
because I'm watching the shadows of the overhang of the
roof and the shadows are indicating the sun is still moving
in a southerly direction.

What's wrong with my thinking? I was thinking it would reach
it's peak in July or maybe August (when it reached it's highest
point) and then the shadows would start moving in the other
direction. The side of the house that I'm watching the shadows
on is the south side. I'm in Tampa, FL, and for some reason
it's stuck in my head that the sun should start to travel a plane
that is more northerly each day.

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Jim Carlock
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