What are Altitude and Azimuth?
I have just received a GeoClock program that runs on my PC. It graphically shows the position of the sun and gives figures for Azimuth and Elevation. I’m confused about what Azimuth and Elevation mean in reference to plotting the sun’s course across the sky. Does one represent the position from North to South and the other represent the position East to West? This is very basic, but its been so long that I have used this information that I’ve lost track. Thanks for your help! Azimuth represents the cardinal direction in which the object (in this case, the sun) can be found. It varies between 0 and 360 degrees. 0 degrees would be north, 90 east, 180 south, and 270 west. Once you know in which direction the object is located, you need to know how high in the sky to look for it. That’s where Altitude comes in. Altitude ranges from 0 to 90 degrees, and measures the angle between the horizon, you, and the object. An object with 0 degrees altitude is right on the horizon, while an object at
