Facing the sun in the afternoon, west in front, east behind, south on the left, north on the right.

1. In the morning, there is no doubt that the sun is in the east. Facing the sun, the shadow is in the west. Left hand is north, right hand is south.

2. At noon, no doubt, the sun is in the south. Facing the sun, the shadow is in the north. The left hand is east, the right hand is west.

3. At night, there is no doubt that the sun is in the west. Facing the sun, the shadow is in the east. Left hand is south, right hand is north.

4. Remember: the sun in the northern hemisphere rotates like this from east to south to west.

In the east-west, south-north intersection is easy to use this method to determine the direction, but if you encounter irregular roads and not the right time, there will be northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest direction, this method does not apply.

Extended information:

Using the stars to identify the direction:

1, the use of Polaris

Northern Star is located in the north sky, when observed, its height from the earth's plane is approximately equal to the local latitude. When looking for it, it is usually determined from the Big Dipper (i.e. Ursa Major) or the w star (i.e. Cassiopeia).

The seven stars of the Big Dipper are seven relatively bright stars, shaped like a spoon, the head of the spoon A and B stars even a straight line toward the mouth of the spoon to extend, about five times the interval between A and B stars, there is a slightly fainter star, that is, the North Star.

When the Earth's rotation, can not see the Big Dipper, you can use the W star to find. W star consists of five brighter stars, shaped like a "W" letter, to the W word gap direction extends about twice the width of the gap, is the North Star.

2, the use of the Southern Cross

In the area south of 23 ° 3 O' north latitude, the Southern Cross can sometimes be seen at night, it can also be used to identify the direction. The Southern Cross consists of four brighter stars, shaped like a "cross". In the lower right of the Southern Cross, along the line between the two stars A and B extended down about four and a half times the two stars (no visible stars), is due south.