Interactive experiment · Solar geometry
Sun Path Lab
Explore how latitude, season, and time affect the sun’s position above the horizon.
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Reading the model
Season changes the arc
The solar path is higher and longer in summer, and lower and shorter in winter. The visualisation uses latitude, solar declination, and hour angle to project the sun’s apparent daily movement onto a three-dimensional horizon dome.
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