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What if you go on a trip to Thailand and get turned around in the jungle?
That gives you a very approximate direction.
It's useless in the jungle, as you can't see the sun.
You don't need to stare directly into the ball of fire to determine where the Sun is. All you need is the flashes of light through the leaves - and you CAN see that in the jungle.
It's the same method.
The distance between the sun and 12 is divided by two, because the clock face only shows half the day.
If we had a clock with 24 hours in the circle and used the same method, it'd be the same as pointing at the sun and saying: South is where the sun will be at noon.
Thanks.
I don’t generally go places like that, but if I needed to be aware of north I would take a compass.
Still good information though.