Solar elevation angle

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The solar elevation angle is the elevation angle of the Sun. That is, the angle between the direction of the Sun and the (idealized) horizon. It can be calculated, to a good approximation,^[1] using the following formula:

$\, \sin \theta_\mathrm{s} = \cos h \cos \delta \cos \Phi + \sin \delta \sin \Phi \,,$

where

$\, \theta_\mathrm{s}$ is the solar elevation angle
$\, h$ is the hour angle, in the local sidereal time.
$\, \delta$ is the current Sun declination
$\, \Phi$ is the local latitude

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^ The formula neglects the effect of atmospheric refraction.

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