Howard SunCompass Spider

Using this azimuth spider for the Howard Sun Compass only one disk will be sufficient for the whole year.
Select "Options" and "Shadow on/off" before printing the disk (by a screen capture tool).
The disk diameter is 134 mm.

standard time

Check your time zone offset and select the local standard time.

Click the applet first!
Enter latitude in decimal degrees and press return key,
enter longitude in decimal degrees and press return key.

You may use the keys "y", "m", "d", "h", "n" to increase the year, month, date, hour, minute, or Shift key and "y", "m", "d", "h", "n" to decrease the year, month, date, hour, minute !

interactive
Click into the spider web to get the date and the azimuth.

apparent solar time standard time
Check the box to choose apparent (solar) time, uncheck for standard time.

apparent time standard time
Select from the "Options" menu.
"on/off" items are working in toggle mode.

elevation altitude equation of time rise set
The times of transit, sunrise, and sunset are standard time.

Spider

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Web Links

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Sonnenuhren-Spinne (Wikipedia)

Spinnensonnenuhr / Cadran solaire du type araignée (Yves Opizzo)

The Sundial Garden (Deutsches Museum Munic)

Double Foster-Lambert Sundial

Self-aligning sundial

Articles of H.J. Hollander

Last Modified: 2009, Dec 20

	Check your time zone offset and select the local standard time.
	Click the applet first! Enter latitude in decimal degrees and press return key, enter longitude in decimal degrees and press return key.
	You may use the keys "y", "m", "d", "h", "n" to increase the year, month, date, hour, minute, or Shift key and "y", "m", "d", "h", "n" to decrease the year, month, date, hour, minute !
	Click into the spider web to get the date and the azimuth.
	Check the box to choose apparent (solar) time, uncheck for standard time.
	Select from the "Options" menu. "on/off" items are working in toggle mode.
	The times of transit, sunrise, and sunset are standard time.