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declination

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000667

The latitude that the sun is directly over at a given time. The declination is ~23°N at the summer solstice, ~23°S at the winter solstice, and 0° (over the equator) at the spring and autumn equinoxes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000667
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Synonymsvariation
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000667",
  "term": "declination",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "The latitude that the sun is directly over at a given time. The declination is ~23°N at the summer solstice, ~23°S at the winter solstice, and 0° (over the equator) at the spring and autumn equinoxes.",
  "synonyms": [
    "variation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/declination/"
}

Record 667 of 3,164 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.