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the precise moment shadows surrender and the sun owns the sky outright
means Twelve o'clock in the daytime, the midpoint of the day when the sun is at or near its highest.
from From Latin 'nona hora,' the 'ninth hour' — counting from dawn, this landed around three in the afternoon, when monks observed their None prayers. Over time the prayers, and the meal that followed, crept earlier in the day, dragging the word with them until 'noon' settled at midday. So the name still wears the ghost of an hour it no longer keeps.
latin rootcomes from nona, the ninth hour, originally meant 3 p.m.
slowly slidmedieval meal times dragged noon backward to midday
sundial kingonly true noon places the sun at peak height
showdown hourthe duel-at-noon trope predates clocks agreeing anywhere
no shadowon the equator at equinox, noon erases your shadow