High Noon (Lahina Style)

High Noon (Lahina Style) was Originally Posted on July 15, 2010 by lavarock

In old westerns, they would meet at “High Noon”, the exact moment of noon, not when the sun was directly overhead. In reality, there are few places in the world when the sun is overhead exactly at noon. I live in such a place and we get the event twice a year.

For the sun to be directly overhead at noon, you have to be in the tropics, close to the equator. Here we call it Lahina Noon after the town of Lahaina on Maui. Lihue on Kauai had theirs on May 31 and July 11th. Ours was May 18th and will be on July 24th.

Because the sun will be directly overhead at noon, a flagpole or building will have no shadow for a short while!