Solar Time | Earth Space Lab – interactive 3D animations 🌍

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Earth's orbit around the Sun

January

Distances and dimensions are not in scale. Color lines show Equinoxes and Solstice.

The apparent path of the Sun in the sky

Observation from a selected place on the Earth.

Earth view

The circle separating the illuminated hemisphere

High Noon

Midnight

Equator

Tropics, Polar circles

What is the Solar Time and how long is a daytime at different places on the Earth?

Selecting a place on the Earth

Using mouse you can move in space and rotate the scene.