What is the name for the circle that describes the most northerly point at which the sun appears directly overhead at noon?
Lahaina Noon Lahaina Noon Lāhainā Noon is a tropical solar phenomenon when the Sun culminates at the zenith at solar noon, passing directly overhead (above the subsolar point). The term "Lāhainā Noon" was coined by the Bishop Museum in Hawaii and is only used locally. The subsolar point travels through the tropics. Hawaii is the only US state in the tropics and thus the only one to experience Lāhainā Noon. The rest of the states recognize the summer solstice as the event when the sun's rays are closest to directly overhead. Hawaii and other locations between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic
Arctic Circle Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. It marks the northernmost point at which the centre of the noon sun is just visible on the December solstice and the southernmost point at which the centre of the midnight sun is just visible on the June solstice. The region north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south is called the Northern Temperate Zone. As seen from the Arctic, the Sun is above the horizon for 24 continuous hours