• Sun path, sometimes also called day arc, refers

to the daily and seasonal arc-like path that the

Sun appears to follow across the sky as the
Earth rotates and orbits the Sun. The Sun's
path affects the length of daytime experienced
and amount of daylight received along a
certain latitude during a given season.
• The relative position of the Sun is a major
factor in the heat gain of buildings and in the
performance of solar energy systems.[1]
Accurate location-specific knowledge of sun
path and climatic conditions is essential for
economic decisions about solar collector area,
orientation, landscaping, summer shading,
and the cost-effective use of solar trackers.
 Altitude and Azimuth
• We use altitude and azimuth to describe the
location of an object in the sky as viewed from
a particular location at a particular time.
• Altitude lines: Altitude angles are represented
as concentric circular dotted lines that run
from the centre of the diagram out, in 10°
increments from 90° to 0°. A point's altitude
from the reference position is measured from
the horizontal plane up.
• Altitude and Azimuth. ... An object straight up would have
an altitude of 90 degrees. The azimuth tells us what
location on the circle of the horizon an object is above,
from zero to 360 degrees. 0 degrees azimuth is due North.
The measurement increases clockwise.
• 0 degrees would be north, 90 east, 180 south, and 270
west. Once you know in which direction the object is
located, you need to know how high in the sky to look for
it. That's where Altitude comes in. Altitude ranges from 0
to 90 degrees, and measures the angle between the
horizon, you, and the object.
• the altitude and azimuth of an object in the
sky changes with time, as the object appears
to drift across the sky with Earth's rotation. ...
When an object's altitude is 0°, it is on the
horizon. If at that moment its altitude is
increasing, it is rising, but if its altitude is
decreasing, it is setting.