The difference between a given latitude and 90°.
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus the co-latitude of 52 is 90-52 = 38 degrees.
- Here that would be the angle between OP and the Earth's axis, known as the co-latitude of P.]
- If your co-latitude plus the declination of the star is greater than zero, then it will rise above your horizon at least sometime during the year.
- Here is a table of the number of daylight hours as a function of the time of year for the first 26 weeks of the solar year, for several co-latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere.
- The greatest departures are for beams lying near the limit of our co-latitude range.