Solar elevation angle
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The solar elevation angle is the elevation angle of the sun. That is, the angle between the direction of the sun and the (idealized) horizon. It can be calculated, to a good approximation, using the following formula:
where
is the solar elevation angle
is the hour angle of the present time
is the current sun declination
is the local latitude
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