The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Noon

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Midday; 12 hours from midnight; when the sun is in the observer's meridian.

Apparent Noon. When the sun's centre is in the meridian.

Mean Noon. When the mean sun is in the meridian.

Sidereal Noon. When the first point of Aries comes to the meridian.

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