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Longitude:

 deg     

timezone:  h

Local Date and Time:

UT:

Julian Day:

Local Mean Sidereal Time:

 h:m:s

Declination of the Sun:

 deg

RA of the Sun:  h:m:s

Equation of Time:

 m:s

Ecliptic Longitude:  deg
Local Solar Time:  h:m:s
Local Noon:  h:m:s

The 'timezone' is taken from the system clock.
'13.41 E' is the longitude of Berlin, the Central European Summer Time is UT+2h.


Accuracy of my results compared with MICA (NASA JPL) in 2019:
(Apparent Geocentric Positions , True Equator and Equinox of Date).
1st day of each month mean abs. error
 stand. dev.
local mean sidereal time
 1.6 s
 0.3 s
declination 0.0006° 0.0004°
longitude 0.002° 0.001°
Right Ascension 0.8 s
 0.6 s
Equation of Time 0.6 s
 0.5 s


Accuracy of my results compared with MICA (NASA JPL) in 2015 to 2025:
Jan 1 of each year mean abs. error
 stand. dev.
local mean sidereal time
 1.5 s 0.3 s
declination 0.0003° 0.0002°
longitude 0.0025° 0.0016°
Right Ascension 0.7 s
 0.6 s
Equation of Time 0.8 s
 0.6 s


2019, Oct 01