Sundial Simulator

Horizontal, vertical & equatorial dials — gnomon shadow vs. apparent solar time

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Dial Type

gnomon: view:

Time & Place

Information

dial reads (apparent solar) —

watch reads —

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altitude: —

azimuth: —

hour angle \(H\): —

declination: —

shadow angle: —

style elev.: —

sunrise: —

sunset: —

dial face lit: —

hour-line formula: —

shadow-tip locus: —

Geometry (face-on)

The same dial face that is textured onto the 3-D plate — hour lines, today's declination curve, and the style's shadow.

Animation

mode:

Display

Dial face

Rays

Instrument

Scene

ground: