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Lahaina Noon

Two times each year, in May and July, the sun passes directly overhead in Hawaii.

On those special days, around noon Hawaii time, the sun will be exactly overhead, at a 90-degree angle, and an upright object, such as a flagpole, will have no shadow.

This only happens in the tropics; the sun is never directly overhead on any other part of the planet. Since Hawaii is the only U.S. state in…

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