Solar Noon
Solar noon is the moment when the Sun transits the celestial meridian – roughly the time when it is highest above the horizon on that day. This is also the origin of the terms ante meridiem and post meridiem as noted below. The Sun is directly overhead at solar noon at the equator on the equinoxes; at the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23° 26′ 16″ N) on the June solstice; and at the Tropic of Capricorn (23° 26′ 16″ S) on the December solstice.
Muslims called solar noon as Zawwal (زوال) and is the time by which after a few minutes they can start offering their Dhuhr prayers.
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