Saturday, September 21, 2013

Butcher's Corner Shadows Pt 2 - Winter

The Northern Hemisphere tilts away from the sun in Winter so shadows are longer and days are shorter.  The previous shadow analysis was done for Summer. (edit 9/22/2013 : corrected time zone error)
http://calpensionsbrief.blogspot.com/2013/09/shadows-of-butchers-corner-development.html

This one is for Winter, 12/21/2013, Sunrise 7:19 AM, Sunset 4:54 PM: (if you click on a photo you should get a bigger picture in a slide show.  You can right click and "save" it to your own computer as well.)

8 AM Dec 21, 2013 - 919 Ft Shadow of 100 ft Building
Sun's Elevation 6 Degrees, Azimuth 126 degrees
10 AM Dec 21, 2013 - 243 Ft Shadow of 100 ft Building
Sun's Elevation 22 Degrees, Azimuth 149 degrees

12 PM Dec 21, 2013 179 ft Shadow, Sun's elevation 29 deg., azimuth 178 deg.
It would appear that some neighbors would not see the sun until around 12 PM.
See data from Spreadsheet using data from US Govt. agency, NOAA's web site:
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/

Time (PST) Angle of Elevation Tan (Elevation) Shadow of  75 ft Bldg Shadow of  100 ft Bldg Azimuth
8:00 AM 6.2 0.11 689 919 125.8
9:00 AM 15.1 0.27 278 371 136.4
10:00 AM 22.4 0.41 182 243 148.7
11:00 AM 27.3 0.52 145 194 162.9
12:00 PM 29.2 0.56 134 179 178.3
1:00 PM 28.0 0.53 141 188 193.9
2:00 PM 23.6 0.44 172 229 208.4
3:00 PM 16.8 0.30 248 331 221.2
4:00 PM 8.2 0.14 519 692 232.1

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