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    / PROPERTIES OF SUNLIGHT (/PVCDROM/WELCOME-TO-PVCDROM/PROPERTIES-OF-SUNLIGHT) / DECLINATION ANGLE

    Declination Angle
    The declination angle, denoted by δ, varies seasonally due to the tilt of the Earth on its axis of
    rotation and the rotation of the Earth around the sun. If the Earth were not tilted on its axis of
    rotation, the declination would always be 0°. However, the Earth is tilted by 23.45° and the
    declination angle varies plus or minus this amount. Only at the spring and fall equinoxes is the
    declination angle equal to 0°. The rotation of the Earth around the sun and the change in the
    declination angle is shown in the animation below.

    Animation showing how the tilt angle changes from the summer solstice in the
    northern hemisphere (or winter in the southern hemisphere) to the northern
    hemisphere winter solstice (summer in the south).

    The declination of the sun is the angle between the equator and a line drawn from the centre of the
    Earth to the centre of the sun. The seasonal variation of the declination angle is shown in the
    animation below.

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    Despite the fact that the Earth revolves around the sun, it is simpler to think of the sun revolving
    around a stationary Earth. This requires a coordinate transformation. Under this alternative
    coordinate system, the sun moves around the Earth.

    The declination angle can be calculated by the equation 1:

    360
    δ = −23. 45° × cos( ×(d + 10)) (/equations/declination-angle)
    365

    where d is the day of the year with Jan 1 as d = 1

    The declination is zero at the equinoxes (March 22 and September 22), positive during the northern
    hemisphere summer and negative during the northern hemisphere winter. The declination reaches a
    maximum of 23.45° on June 22 (summer solstice in the northern hemisphere) and a minimum of
    -23.45° on December 21-22 (winter solstice in the northern hemisphere). In the equation above, the
    +10 comes from the fact that the winter solstice occurs before the start of the year. The equation
    also assumes that the suns orbit is a perfect circle and the factor of 360/365 converts the day
    number to a position in the orbit.

    Alternate Formulations

    /
    The declination angle can also be defined in other ways. The equations:

    360
    δ = 23. 45° × sin( ×(d + 284)) (/equations/declination-angle)
    365

    360
    δ = 23. 45° × sin( ×(d − 81)) (/equations/declination-angle)
    365

    are also often used in the literature. They are referred to the equinoxes instead so use sin instead of
    cos.

    Finally, there are many algorithms for more accurate determinations of declination angle to account
    for the elliptic and yearly movement of the earth's orbit. These are only needed for concentrators that
    require more accurate tracking of the sun.

    For instance the SPA algorithm 2(http://www.psa.es/sdg/sunpos.htm


    (http://www.psa.es/sdg/sunpos.htm)) uses:

    dOmega=2.1429-0.0010394594*dElapsedJulianDays;
    dMeanLongitude = 4.8950630+ 0.017202791698*dElapsedJulianDays;
    // Radians dMeanAnomaly = 6.2400600+ 0.0172019699*dElapsedJulianDays;
    dEclipticLongitude = dMeanLongitude + 0.03341607*sin( dMeanAnomaly ) + 0.00034894*sin(
    2*dMeanAnomaly )-0.0001134 -0.0000203*sin(dOmega);
    dEclipticObliquity = 0.4090928 - 6.2140e-9*dElapsedJulianDays +0.0000396*cos(dOmega);
    dSin_EclipticLongitude= sin( dEclipticLongitude );
    dY = cos( dEclipticObliquity ) * dSin_EclipticLongitude;
    dX = cos( dEclipticLongitude );
    dRightAscension = atan2( dY,dX ); if( dRightAscension < 0.0 ) dRightAscension = dRightAscension +
    twopi;
    dDeclination = asin( sin( dEclipticObliquity )*dSin_EclipticLongitude );
    dElapsedJulian days is the number of days since January 1, 2000 and dDeclination is the resulting
    declination.

    The various ways of calculating the declination angle are graphed below using declination.py python
    code.

    /
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    1. P. I. Cooper (/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=51), “ The absorption of radiation in solar stills” (/node/294), Solar Energy,
    vol. 12, pp. 333 - 346, 1969.
    2. M. Blanco-Muriel (/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=693), Alarcón-Padilla, D. C. (/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=694), López-
    Moratalla, T. (/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=695), and Lara-Coira, M. Í. (/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=696), “ Computing
    the solar vector” (/reference/blanco2001), Solar Energy, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 431 - 441, 2001.

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