Monday, 26 October 2009

the sun - relation between azimuth angle of the sun and angle of the shodow

Your diagram is correct, your maths isn't.



The bearing of the object's shadow is, as your diagram shows, away from the sun. If the bearing of the shadow is 75°, then the sun must have an azimuth of of 75°+180°, or 255°.



Similarly if the bearing of the shadow was 300° (pointing towards the northwest) the sun would be at an azimuth of 300 - 180°, or 120° (in the southeast)

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