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Revision as of 20:50, 14 September 2010

Do all observers see the sun at the same location at dawn?

  • Pretty nearly. It doesn't vary as much as I predicted from drawing 2 dimensional pictures of the 3 dimensional reality.

Source: www.sunearthtools.com - Sun position calculator:

Howland

Latitude 0.80108
Longitude 176.61624
Sunrise Azimuth 85.59

Niku

Latitude 4.67792
Longitude 174.5196
Sunrise Azimuth 85.65

Near Buffalo

Latitude 42.57264
Longitude 78.82926
Sunrise Azimuth 83.1

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