> Not to mention the solar noon varies by +/- 15min over the year (don't ask
> me how this is called...old knowledge from my high school days) 

Analemma: It's the figure 8 you see on globes in the middle of the Pacific 
Ocean.

It's caused by the Earth's orbit not being circular and the axis of rotation 
not being perpendicular to the orbit plane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma



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