Dictionary term
Sun Sight
Direct answer
Sun Sight is a timed measurement of the Sun's limb or center relative to the horizon.
Sun Sight is a solar altitude observation used in historical astronomy, timekeeping, or navigation.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Also appears in
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Aliases
- None listed
- Last updated
- 2026-07-16
Quick reference
- Use when
- Use Sun Sight by using proper shades, choosing upper or lower limb, recording UTC, and applying dip, refraction, parallax, and semidiameter as required.
- Do not use it for
- Never view the Sun through an optical instrument without certified, undamaged solar protection and correct technique.
- Reference category
- Historical Almanacs & Instruments
- Related terms
- Noon Sight, Star Sight, Moon Sight, Planet Sight
The story behind Sun Sight
Solar sights have anchored latitude, longitude, time, and position work across many instrument traditions.
Sun Sight in spiritual tradition
Sun Sight rewards careful observation, explicit assumptions, and humility about the limits of every model or measurement.
The Great Almanac frames Sun Sight with educational restraint. Mystical or symbolic language may be meaningful, but it should not be exaggerated into certainty, panic, or permission to ignore ordinary responsibility.
Sun Sight in the Bible
This is a factual history-of-science, instrument, timekeeping, or navigation reference. It may support wonder and disciplined attention without becoming a claim of fate, worship, or private revelation.
Sun Sight in numerology
Sun Sight is not a numerology claim. Any numbers attached to it should retain their ordinary scientific, calendrical, navigational, or historical meaning unless a separate symbolic interpretation is clearly labeled.
Why Sun Sight matters
Sun Sight matters because the Sun is bright, readily predicted, and useful for lines of position through much of the day.
Example in a reading: A morning lower-limb sextant altitude can be reduced to a line of position.
Interpretive caution: Never view the Sun through an optical instrument without certified, undamaged solar protection and correct technique.
How Sun Sight is used in a reading
Use Sun Sight by using proper shades, choosing upper or lower limb, recording UTC, and applying dip, refraction, parallax, and semidiameter as required.
Where interpretation stops
Sun Sight is presented as sourced astronomy, calendrical, Earth-science, cultural, or instrument-history reference. Definitions should distinguish measured phenomena from civil convention and historical interpretation, preserve location and time dependencies, and avoid turning factual sky data into a deterministic personal claim.
Sources and editorial method
Research references used for this entry include:
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: The American Practical Navigator - Official modern reference for navigation principles, celestial observations, sight reduction, and navigational tables.
- U.S. Naval Observatory: Astronomical and Navigational Almanacs - Official descriptions of the Astronomical Almanac, Nautical Almanac, and their tabular data.
The page starts with a direct definition, then separates use, example, caution, spiritual meaning, and historical context. For astrology, occult, demonology, curse, and spiritual warfare terms, the editorial rule is to explain the term without making fear-based, fatalistic, medical, legal, financial, or ritual-instruction claims.
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