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Name: Bonnie
Status: educator
Age: 50s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: 2001-2002
Question:
I am located in Concord, California. The Latitude is 37.58.54N, Longitude 122.01.27W. How many minutes +/- 12:00 pm will the sun be directly overhead on August 25, 2001?

Replies:
I can not and will not guarantee this value, but I have calculated the following:

Local apparent mid-day for Concord, California on 25th August 2001 is

20 hours 10 minutes 3.3 seconds Universal Time [UT1]
= 20:10:03.32 Coordinated Universal Time [UTC]
= 12:10:03.32 Pacific Standard Time [PST] (±5 seconds)

I am curious over what other results you get for this query.

Howard Barnes.


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