If you need the help of a compass but you don't have one, you can
use an analog watch to do that. Point the hour (short) hand at the sun and draw
two imaginary lines between it and the 12 o'clock point. You will create an
angle between the two lines. Draw an imaginary straight line bisecting the
angle. The line point away from the sun is north, because the sun always goes
to set in the west direction.
Disclaimer: telling time by sun doesn't work as
effectively when you are too far up north or south.
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