Lahaina Noon

[1] As a result, the sun's rays will fall exactly vertical relative to an object on the ground and cast no observable shadow.

The most southerly points in Hawaii experience Lāhainā Noon on earlier and later dates than the northern parts.

[12] Sky Gate, a unique sculpture in Honolulu created by artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi, features a bendy, bumpy ring that has large changes in height around its circumference.

[13] There are often activities held by the City & County of Honolulu around the time of the event on the Frank Fasi Civic Grounds, where the sculpture is located.

The phenomenon occurs in stories, including "Lāhainā Noon" by Eric Paul Shaffer (Leaping Dog, 2005),[14] which won the Ka Palapala Po'okela book award for Excellence in "Aloha from beyond Hawaii".

A level photographed during Lāhainā Noon in Hawaii
Students performing an experiment on a zero shadow day
The subsolar point at Honolulu during Lahaina Noon with the range of possible subsolar points shaded in purple – the angle between the Sun and the local horizontal level is exactly 90° at the subsolar point