Sun Passes Directly Overhead Across Honduras This Week

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 11, 2026 · Originally reported August 10, 2026 by La Prensa

Honduras is seeing its second annual passage of the sun directly overhead—the zenith—between August 7 and 16, when objects briefly cast minimal shadows as sunlight strikes vertically; each city reaches the moment at a different time.

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