When the sun’s rays strike Earth’s surface near the equator, the incoming solar radiation is more direct and nearly perpendicular, or closer to a 90-degree angle. Therefore, the solar ...

Here on April 28th in Fort Wayne, the sun’s maximum angle in the sky is 63.3°. This is about the same as the maximum angle on August 13th. This is why your sunburn now is just as severe as it ...

It gets even more interesting when you look at it from the standpoint of the number of degrees the sun is above the horizon. Go back to Dec. 21 and the angle is only 23 degrees. Right now we are ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The sun’s angle is changing around Portland and that will impact the body’s response in the months to come.Days are getting shorter and night are getting longer as Portland ...

The lowest sun angle is on the Winter Solstice in late December. We actually gain daylight during most of winter, but it doesn't start paying off until February and March. ...