obliquity of ecliptic calculator

The equation of time is the difference between apparent solar time and mean solar time in minutes. That reference time is called the equinox of date. From the previous post that gives us a T value of Ancient astronomers had to introduce the mean solar time to measure the exact movement of the Moon across the celestial sphere. During the solstices, the sun moves almost parallel to the celestial equator.

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