Question

Solar Altitude is also called as ________

(a) Declination

(b) Altitude angle

(c) Zenith angle

(d) Azimuth angle

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Answer 1

Right answer is (b) Altitude angle

To elaborate: The vertical angle between the projection of the sun’s rays on the horizontal plane and the direction of sun’s rays passing through the point s called solar altitude and is also referred to altitude angle and is denoted by Greek letter α (ALPHA).