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The Sunīs Apparent Path

Scheinbare Sonnenbahn    Movimiento Aparente del Sol    Movimento Aparente do Sol 
An observer on Earth doesnīt see himself moving around the Sun but the Sun around the Earth. Its trajectory across the sky is called "the sunīs apparent path".

The seasons correspond to a parallel translation of this trajectory. Per season the variation in solar altitude at noon is 23,5°.

Within certain latitude invervals, these trajectories can be grouped to climate zones.

The sunīs position at a certain latitude and a certain time can be visualized in a polar diagram.
The Sun's Apparent Path
 

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