astronomical day
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The astronomical day commences at noon of the civil day of the same date.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
In the Conference at Rome the universal day was made to coincide with the astronomical day.
The astronomical day based on the sun, is 24 hours long, as said before.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
On the other hand, those navigators who were in the neighborhood of the 180th meridian would have all their work of one day occurring in the same astronomical day.
To find an odd hour during this astronomical day, subtract .2 from the preceding even hour.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
