The summer sun is 23.4 degrees above the celestial equator.
The winter sun is 23.4 degrees below the celestial equator.
At the equinox the sun has the same elevation (or zenith angle) as the celestial equator.
Chapters.
Home page.
Images.
1 celestial sphere.
2 Earth's orbit.
3 Declination of the sun.
4 Day and night.
5 CNP and equator
6 Zenith - nadir.
7 Horizon.
8 Earth's speed of rotation.
9 Meridian and equator.
10 Azimuth.
11 Celestial Pole.
12 Latitude.
13 Point Sigma.
14 Ecliptic.
15 declination.
16 lunar declination.
17 lunar nodes.
