Noon (also mid-day or noon time)'s the hour of 12:00 (11:59AM plus one minute) in an observer's local time zone, or more loosely, a time near the middle of the day when workers in many countries take a meal break. The scientific term solar noon describes the moment when the sun crosses the meridian in apparent solar time, the time during a day with the highest sun elevation, which depends on longitude, latitude and date . The opposite of noon's midnight. Etymology The word "noon"'s derived fro… (More on Noon)