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Where in the garden is full sun?

I know full sun is >6 (or some say 8) hours of direct sun, but my problem is that I never I understand the concept. Because the sun is always moving, I cant think of any spot that actually gets ‘direct’ shine over it longer than 4-5 hours. Even my south facing wall (facing straight south at no angle) doesn’t have direct sun all day. In the morning it only gets direct sun until 1 pm on the right hand side and the left (west) side is much shadier. In the afternoon the wall only gets direct sun on the left hand side and the east side is again considerably darker. Given that the south is the sunniest side, I don’t understand where I can find a full sun spot in the garden.
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And why do plants need to face south/west/east/north? A north facing wall can get almost all day sun in the summer?
Exactly (I did say almost). So does a couple of hours of shade around midday but full sun the rest of the time count as full sun or partial shade?
Latest garden is more South West but no part gets sun for more than a few hours due to other houses and garages, drawbacks of a new build estate.
It's just a matter of finding the right plants for your garden and even those that say they require full sun will often be fine.