Re: Local Sun Time?



In article <430ea222$0$5459$5a62ac22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Clair Inness" <inness@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Not quite meteorology, but have been trying to find my local time at home,
>i.e. White Cliffs, NSW, Australia, 143.1°E, 30.9°S. Given 15 degrees per
>hour from Greenwich, Australian Eastern Standard Time should centre on 150
>East, making us 28 minutes later. Is that about right?
>
>Thanks for any information (googling hasn't helped all that much).

G'day Clair,

Not precisely what you asked for, but of practical interest if you're
interested in your local sunrise/sunset times (and the moon etc):

http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/astro/

(Works for anywhere in the world actually, not just Oz; but you might
have to know your own lat/long if your place is not on the Australian
Gazeteer linked to this site.)

Cheers, Phred.

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