> This article that I just came across does a nice job at explaining some of the nuances of solar noon https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/solar-noon.html htt

> This article that I just came across does a nice job at explaining some of the nuances of solar noon https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/solar-noon.html https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/solar-noon.html . And a related thing, the analemma - the sun's position at the same place on earth at solar noon over the course of a year doesn't resemble an arc, it's a figure-8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma