Paths of the sun throughout the year 2008

Paths of the Sun throughout the Year 2008

 

 

 

Summer Solstice   21/6

	Azimuth	Altitude
Sunrise	64	-1
Transit	360	89
Sunset	296	-1

 

 

Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes   20/3, 22/9

	Azimuth	Altitude
Sunrise	90	-1
Transit	180	68
Sunset	270	-1

 

 

Winter Solstice   22/12

	Azimuth	Altitude
Sunrise	115	-1
Transit	180	44
Sunset	245	-1

 

Unit: degrees

 

      The above positions refer to the centre of the Sun's disc. The minus one degree in altitude at sunrise and sunset includes both the apparent radius of the Sun and the effect of atmospheric refraction.