{"id":3242,"date":"2021-03-24T19:19:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/?page_id=3242"},"modified":"2021-03-24T19:19:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:19:01","slug":"position-of-the-sun-in-the-sky-horizontal-coordinates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/astro-info\/sun\/position-of-the-sun-in-the-sky-horizontal-coordinates\/","title":{"rendered":"Position of the Sun in the sky (horizontal coordinates)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Azimuth<\/h3>\n<p>The azimuth is the angle in the horizontal plane between the direction of an object and the geographic south (for astronomers). Often the geographic north is also taken as a reference point. This angle is expressed in degrees. Astronomers measure the azimuth clockwise.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An object in the south direction has an azimuth of 0\u00b0. <\/li>\n<li>An object in the west direction has an azimuth of 90\u00b0. <\/li>\n<li>An object in the north direction has an azimuth of 180\u00b0.<\/li>\n<li>An object in the east direction has an azimuth of 270\u00b0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/azimuthNL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"530\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3231\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Elevation<\/h3>\n<p>The elevation or altitude is the angle between the direction of an object (the Sun) and the horizontal plane. This angle is expressed in degrees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An object at the horizon has an elevation of 0\u00b0.<\/li>\n<li>An object at the zenith has an elevation of 90\u00b0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/horizon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/horizon.jpg 850w, https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/horizon-768x275.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azimuth The azimuth is the angle in the horizontal plane between the direction of an object and the geographic south (for astronomers). Often the geographic north is also taken as a reference point. This angle is expressed in degrees. Astronomers measure the azimuth clockwise. An object in the south direction has an azimuth of 0\u00b0. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3247,"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3242\/revisions\/3247"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robinfo.oma.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}