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EQUATION OF TIME , the difference between apparent time
meridian passage of the real sun, and mean time
double
period
minute for the same date, from year to year and from one longitude to another, on the same day. The following table shows an average
Greenwich
meridian for a number of years, from which the actual value will seldom deviate more than 20 seconds until after 1950. The + sign indicates that the real sun reaches the meridian after mean noon
noon
Table of the Equation of Time. m. s. m. s. m. s. Jan. I + 3 26 Mar. I +12 39 May I -2 55 6 5 45 6 it 35 6 -3 27 II 7 51 II 10 20 II -3 46 16 9 43 i6 8 58 i6 -3 51 21 II 19 II 7 30 21 -3 40 26 12 36 26 5 59 26 -3 16 Feb. I +13 42 Apr. i + 4 9 June I -2 32 6 14 14 6 2 40 6 -1 44 lI 14 25 II + I 15 II O 48 16 14 17 16o 3 16+o 14 21 52 2I I I2 21 I 19 26 i3 II 26 2 10 26 2 24 m. s. m. s. M 5. July I +3 26 Sept. I+ 0 9 Nov. -16 i8 6 4 21 6 i 28 6 -16 19 it 5 8 II 3 10 I I -15 58 16 5 44 164 55 i615 15 21 6 8 21 6 41 21 -14 12 26 6 18 26 8 25 26 -12 49 Aug. I +6 io Oct. 1 -10 5 Dec. I I I 7 6 5 47 6 II 38 6 9 9 II 5 9 `. II -13 2 II 6 57 i6 4 17 16 -14 14 16 4 35 2I 3 I2 2I -15 ' I I 2I 2 7 26 1 55 26 15 52 26 + 0 23 End of Article: EQUATION OF TIME If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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