noon

midi

Douze heures au milieu de la journée.

En anglais simple : Twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.

• We eat lunch at noon.
• Please arrive before noon tomorrow.
• The shop closes at noon on Sundays.

Synonymes : midday, twelve pm

Contraires : midnight

Expressions courantes : at noon, by noon, around noon

midi solaire

Moment où le soleil atteint son point le plus haut dans le ciel d’un lieu donné.

En anglais simple : The time when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky at a particular place.

• Shadows are shortest at solar noon.
• Local noon depends on your position on Earth.
• Solar noon came several minutes after twelve on the clock.

Synonymes : solar noon

Expressions courantes : solar noon, local noon, sun at noon

midi solaire moyen

Douze heures selon une mesure du temps fondée sur le mouvement quotidien moyen du soleil.

En anglais simple : Twelve o'clock in a time system based on the sun's average daily movement.

• Mean noon occurs at twelve in mean solar time.
• Astronomers compared apparent noon with mean noon.
• A sundial does not always show mean noon accurately.

Synonymes : mean solar noon

Expressions courantes : mean noon, mean solar noon