Thursday, May 23, 2013
Mark your calendar: Lahaina Noon this Sunday 5/26 in Honolulu
“Today, I'm a shadowless man.
The sun calls me into the street,
and I walk alone into the light
of noon. The moment has come.”
-- from Lahaina Noon, a poem by Eric Paul Shaffer
by Larry Geller
Hawaii is truly unique in many ways. One of them is that we are the only state to experience what we call Lahaina Noon.
There are two days each year in the tropics when the sun passes directly overhead. The dates and times vary according to the exact location.
At those moments, because the sun is directly overhead, if you look around yourself, you have no shadow.
Each year the Bishop Museum releases the days and times for locations around Hawaii. The first day is coming up for Honolulu—it is Sunday, May 26, and the sun will be directly overhead at 12:28 p.m.
The Big Island already had one of its two days. Here is the schedule for various places around Hawaii:
| Honolulu | May 26 12:28 p.m. | July 15 12:37 p.m. |
| Lihue | May 30 12:35 p.m. | July 11 12:42 p.m. |
| Kaunakakai | May 25 12:24 p.m. | July 16 12:34 p.m. |
| Lanai City | May 24 12:24 p.m. | July 18 12:33 p.m. |
| Lahaina | May 24 12:23 p.m. | July 18 12:32 p.m. |
| Kahului | May 24 12:22 p.m. | July 18 12:32 p.m. |
| Hilo | May 18 12:16 p.m. | July 24 12:26 p.m. |
| Kailua-Kona | May 18 12:20 p.m. | July 24 12:30 p.m. |
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