by Jim (and Wanda)
Wanda and I both agree that we want as much natural light in the new house as possible. The front of the house faces almost north (actually bit north east) towards the ocean. Because of this the front will have the most windows and a roof extended over the deck to keep it comfortable when the sun is at it’s highest. For the rest of the house, optimum window placement can be determined especially if there is too much or too little light exposure in certain rooms.
With this in mind I (Jim) came across an online webpage called SUNCALC.NET which can calculate sunrise and sunset and the transit of the sun in relation to any given place in the world and at any time of the year. We entered a few dates to see what we would come up with.
The following slideshow illustrates sun’s transit on the 20th day of March, June and Dec.
The yellow line represents sunrise and the red sunset. June shows us that during the summer months we will have the most exposure on the front of the house. December depicts the greatest exposure on the back and the east side of the house (so more windows on this side would bring in more sun during the winter months). Helpful to know!
Just for fun we also pulled up the same type of info on the moon’s transit at MOONCALC.ORG for September, June and January.
These pictures indicate that the best time to see a full moon rising in the evening over the water will be over the winter months. The moon’s transit will be farther south (behind the house) over the summer months.
Links:
Check the Sun transit across your place in the world
Check the Moon’s transit across your place in the world
Fraser Adventure . com 