The course of the year – Earth revolving around the Sun

January
Distances and dimensions are not in scale. Color lines show Equinoxes and Solstice.

Tha apparent path of the Sun in the sky

Observation from a selected place on Earth.

Earth view

The circle of Illumination
High Noon
Midnight
Equator
Tropics and Polar circles

Solar Time

What is the Solar Time and how long a Light-day is?

Selecting a place on Earth

Using mouse you can move in  space and rotate the scene.

This app was created by Vaclav Cernik within his diploma thesis at Charles University - Faculty of Science in 2017.
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