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SOLMaestro

Astronomy Sun Dial

By

Dick Tobiason

 

 

Pictures of the sundial created in Puerto Penasco Mexico by Dick Tobiason March 2006.

 

Link to photos   http://solmaestro.tripod.com/sundial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Mean Value of the Equation of Time, in Minutes (at true Noon)
To correct Solar Time for Standard Time:
Add Equation of Time when Sun "slow," i.e., sign is positive (+); subtract when Sun "fast," i.e., sign is negative (-).

Day

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

1

+3.4

+13.6

+12.5

+4.1

-2.8

-2.3

+3.6

+6.3

+0.2

-10.1

-16.3

-11.2

2

3.9

13.7

12.3

3.8

3.0

2.2

3.8

6.2

0.1

10.4

16.4

10.8

3

4.3

13.8

12.1

3.5

3.1

2.0

4.0

6.2

0.5

10.8

16.4

10.4

4

4.8

13.9

11.9

3.2

3.2

1.9

4.2

6.1

0.7

11.1

16.4

10.0

5

5.2

14.0

11.7

2.9

3.3

1.7

4.4

6.0

1.1

11.4

16.4

9.6

6

5.7

14.1

11.5

2.6

3.4

1.5

4.6

5.9

1.5

11.7

16.3

9.2

7

+6.1

+14.2

+11.2

+2.3

-3.4

-1.3

+4.7

+5.8

-1.8

-12.0

-16.3

-8.8

8

6.5

14.2

11.0

2.1

3.5

1.2

4.9

5.7

2.1

12.3

16.3

8.3

9

6.9

14.3

10.7

1.8

3.6

1.0

5.0

5.5

2.5

12.6

16.2

7.9

10

7.3

14.3

10.5

1.5

3.6

0.8

5.2

5.4

2.8

12.8

16.1

7.5

Day

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

11

7.8

14.3

10.2

1.2

3.7

0.6

5.3

5.2

3.2

13.1

16.0

7.0

12

8.2

14.3

10.0

0.9

3.7

0.4

5.4

5.1

3.5

13.4

15.9

6.5

13

+8.5

+14.3

+9.7

+0.7

-3.7

-0.2

+5.6

+4.9

-3.9

-13.6

-15.8

-6.1

14

8.9

14.3

9.4

0.4

3.7

0.0

5.7

4.7

4.2

13.8

15.6

5.6

15

9.3

14.2

9.1

+0.2

3.7

+0.2

5.8

4.5

4.6

14.1

15.5

5.1

16

9.6

14.2

8.9

-0.1

3.7

0.4

5.9

4.3

5.0

14.3

15.3

4.6

17

9.9

14.1

8.6

0.2

3.7

0.7

6.0

4.1

5.3

14.5

15.1

4.1

18

10.3

14.0

8.3

0.5

3.7

0.9

6.1

3.9

5.5

14.7

14.9

3.6

19

+10.6

+13.9

+8.0

-0.7

-3.6

+1.1

+6.2

+3.7

-6.0

-14.9

-14.7

-3.2

20

10.9

13.8

7.7

0.9

3.6

1.3

6.2

3.5

6.4

15.1

14.5

2.7

Day

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

21

11.2

13.7

7.4

1.2

3.5

1.5

6.3

3.2

6.7

15.2

14.3

2.2

22

11.5

13.6

7.1

1.4

3.5

1.7

6.3

3.0

7.1

15.4

14.0

1.7

23

11.8

13.5

6.8

1.6

3.4

2.0

6.4

2.8

7.4

15.6

13.7

1.2

24

12.0

13.4

6.5

1.8

3.3

2.2

6.4

2.5

7.8

15.7

13.4

0.7

25

+12.3

+13.2

+6.2

-1.9

-3.2

+2.4

+6.4

+2.2

-8.1

-15.8

-13.1

-0.2

26

12.5

13.1

5.9

2.1

3.1

2.6

6.4

1.9

8.4

15.9

12.9

0.3

27

12.7

12.9

5.6

2.3

3.0

2.8

6.4

1.7

8.8

16.0

12.5

0.8

28

12.9

12.7

5.3

2.4

2.9

3.0

6.4

1.4

9.1

16.1

12.2

1.3

29

13.1

 

5.0

2.6

2.8

3.2

6.4

1.1

9.5

16.2

11.9

1.8

30

13.3

 

4.7

2.7

2.6

3.4

6.4

0.8

9.8

16.3

11.5

2.3

31

+13.4

 

+4.4

 

-2.5

 

+6.3

+0.5

 

-16.3

 

+2.8