Mean sun Sentence Examples

The time recorded by the mean sun is termed mean-solar or clock time; it is regular as distinct from the non-uniform solar or sun-dial time.

In the latter case, being determined by observations of the sun, it is taken to begin with the passage of the mean sun over the meridian of the place, or at mean noon, while the civil day begins at midnight.

The use of a hypothetical mean sun removes this effect.

The mean solar day measures the interval between successive transits over the same meridian by the mean sun.