Azimuth and altitude of sun

1. What is the azimuth of the sun?
2. What is azimuth and altitude angle of the sun?
3. What is azimuth and altitude?
4. Is azimuth the same as altitude?

What is the azimuth of the sun?

Solar azimuth angle is defined as the angle between the projection of sun's centre onto the horizontal plane and due south direction.

What is azimuth and altitude angle of the sun?

The azimuth angle varies throughout the day as shown in the animation below. At the equinoxes, the sun rises directly east and sets directly west regardless of the latitude, thus making the azimuth angles 90° at sunrise and 270° at sunset.

What is azimuth and altitude?

Altitude in this sense is expressed as angular elevation (up to 90°) above the horizon. Azimuth is the number of degrees clockwise from due north (usually) to the object's vertical circle (i.e., a great circle through the object and the zenith).

Is azimuth the same as altitude?

Altitude and Azimuth

Altitude is the angular distance of an object above the local horizon. It ranges from 0 degrees at the horizon to 90 degrees at the zenith, the spot directly overhead. Azimuth is the angular distance of an object from the local North, measured along the horizon.