http://www.judyofthewoods.net productivity, creativity, sustainability -practical self reliant living for everyone Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:25:11 GMT+01:00 FeedMe, by the Nowhere Man (http://thenowhereman.com/hacks) Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:17:04 GMT+01:00 http://www.judyofthewoods.net/solar_moon_design.html 1277439424 <b>Some of the information in this post is time sensitive</b>.<br><br>If you want to design a building or a site for optimum solar placement, or want to install a solar power system, you need to know if the sun will be shaded out by surrounding structures or trees in the winter months. In the winter you can simply look at the sun's position to see how high it is above the horizon. But what do you do if you are designing the site or want to install some panels in the summer. Will they still get the sun later in the year? There is a little quirk about the sun's and the full moon's path which, per chance, is the same six months apart. When you look at the full moon, you will see where the sun will be in six months. Before you ask, I don't know if this applies to the southern hemisphere, though I think it probably does. In any case, <b>it only applies to the full moon</b>.<br><br><a href="http://www.judyofthewoods.net/solar_moon_design.html">Read the rest of this Solar Site Design post on my blog....</a><br>