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Sun Dial (Fast or Slow)

Table of minutes Sun is "slow" (behind) or "fast" ahead compared to clock time
Red - Sun is slow (behind) clock time
Green - Sun is fast (ahead) clock time
 

Day

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

1

+3.4

13.6

12.5

+4.1

+2.8

+2.3

+3.6

+6.3

+0.2

10.1

16.3

11.2

2

3.9

13.7

12.3

3.8

3.0

2.2

3.8

6.2

-0.1

10.4

16.4

10.8

3

4.3

13.8

12.1

3.5

3.1

2.0

4.0

6.2

0.5

10.8

16.4

10.4

4

4.8

13.9

11.9

3.2

3.2

1.9

4.2

6.1

0.7

11.1

16.4

10.0

5

5.2

14.0

11.7

2.9

3.3

1.7

4.4

6.0

1.1

11.4

16.4

9.6

6

5.7

14.1

11.5

2.6

3.4

1.5

4.6

5.9

1.5

11.7

16.3

9.2

7

+6.1

14.2

11.2

+2.3

-3.4

-1.3

+4.7

+5.8

-1.8

12.0

16.3

-8.8

8

6.5

14.2

11.0

2.1

3.5

1.2

4.9

5.7

2.1

12.3

16.3

8.3

9

6.9

14.3

10.7

1.8

3.6

1.0

5.0

5.5

2.5

12.6

16.2

7.9

10

7.3

14.3

10.5

1.5

3.6

0.8

5.2

5.4

2.8

12.8

16.1

7.5

11

7.8

14.3

10.2

1.2

3.7

0.6

5.3

5.2

3.2

13.1

16.0

7.0

12

8.2

14.3

10.0

0.9

3.7

0.4

5.4

5.1

3.5

13.4

15.9

6.5

13

+8.5

14.3

+9.7

+0.7

-3.7

-0.2

+5.6

+4.9

-3.9

13.6

15.8

-6.1

14

8.9

14.3

9.4

0.4

3.7

0.0

5.7

4.7

4.2

13.8

15.6

5.6

15

9.3

14.2

9.1

+0.2

3.7

+0.2

5.8

4.5

4.6

14.1

15.5

5.1

16

9.6

14.2

8.9

-0.1

3.7

0.4

5.9

4.3

5.0

14.3

15.3

4.6

17

9.9

14.1

8.6

0.2

3.7

0.7

6.0

4.1

5.3

14.5

15.1

4.1

18

10.3

14.0

8.3

0.5

3.7

0.9

6.1

3.9

5.5

14.7

14.9

3.6

19

10.6

13.9

+8.0

-0.7

-3.6

+1.1

+6.2

+3.7

-6.0

14.9

14.7

-3.2

20

10.9

13.8

7.7

0.9

3.6

1.3

6.2

3.5

6.4

15.1

14.5

2.7

21

11.2

13.7

7.4

1.2

3.5

1.5

6.3

3.2

6.7

15.2

14.3

2.2

22

11.5

13.6

7.1

1.4

3.5

1.7

6.3

3.0

7.1

15.4

14.0

1.7

23

11.8

13.5

6.8

1.6

3.4

2.0

6.4

2.8

7.4

15.6

13.7

1.2

24

12.0

13.4

6.5

1.8

3.3

2.2

6.4

2.5

7.8

15.7

13.4

0.7

25

12.3

13.2

+6.2

-1.9

-3.2

+2.4

+6.4

+2.2

+8.1

15.8

13.1

-0.2

26

12.5

13.1

5.9

2.1

3.1

2.6

6.4

1.9

8.4

15.9

12.9

+0.3

27

12.7

12.9

5.6

2.3

3.0

2.8

6.4

1.7

8.8

16.0

12.5

0.8

28

12.9

12.7

5.3

2.4

2.9

3.0

6.4

1.4

9.1

16.1

12.2

1.3

29

13.1

 

5.0

2.6

2.8

3.2

6.4

1.1

9.5

16.2

11.9

1.8

30

13.3

 

4.7

2.7

2.6

3.4

6.4

0.8

9.8

16.3

11.5

2.3

31

13.4

 

+4.4

 

-2.5

 

+6.3

+0.5

 

16.3

 

+2.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

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