<p>If one is situated at 50° latitude (meaning north hemisphere) and looks at sunset in the evening, by how many degrees you need to turn leftwards to find the meridian that goes through the point you are situated ? How about if you are situated at the north pole? I would like to look at this at some (any) time point of the year. I had troubles figuring out. I will appreciate your help. Thanks.</p>

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2022-09-29T09:59:22.590Z
Related, possible duplicate: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/39670/16685
PM 2Ring
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2022-09-29T11:03:12.267Z
Thanks. I looked at that post. I do not think it helped me much to answer my question.
user996159
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2022-09-29T12:02:27.543Z
It's not that hard to look up tables of  sunset angle vs. day-of-year
Carl Witthoft
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2022-09-29T13:21:30.550Z
It is not about finding a value rather then how you do that. But even after looking at tables I wasn't able to find an answer.
user996159
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2022-09-29T13:33:00.777Z
The second set of equations on this page will give the setting (or rising) azimuth.  You can use that to find any other azimuth.  Ships still use this method today to calibrate their compass.https://celestialprogramming.com/risesetalgorithm.html
Greg Miller
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2022-09-30T03:55:43.787Z
Does this answer your question? [Using SkyChoord to read in multiple coordinates.](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/16684/using-skychoord-to-read-in-multiple-coordinates)
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How to find a direction given the sunset
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# How to find a direction given the sunset

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-29)

If one is situated at 50° latitude (meaning north hemisphere) and looks at sunset in the evening, by how many degrees you need to turn leftwards to find the meridian that goes through the point you are situated ? How about if you are situated at the north pole? I would like to look at this at some (any) time point of the year. I had troubles figuring out. I will appreciate your help. Thanks.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related, possible duplicate: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/39670/16685  
> **username_0**: Thanks. I looked at that post. I do not think it helped me much to answer my question.  
> **username_2**: It's not that hard to look up tables of  sunset angle vs. day-of-year  
> **username_0**: It is not about finding a value rather then how you do that. But even after looking at tables I wasn't able to find an answer.  
> **username_3**: The second set of equations on this page will give the setting (or rising) azimuth.  You can use that to find any other azimuth.  Ships still use this method today to calibrate their compass.https://celestialprogramming.com/risesetalgorithm.html  
> **username_4**: Does this answer your question? [Using SkyChoord to read in multiple coordinates.](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/16684/using-skychoord-to-read-in-multiple-coordinates)  

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