From: niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid   
      
   On 2020-10-14 3:54, JF Mezei wrote:   
      
   > Whether at noon or near sunset, the sun always occupies the same number   
   > of degrees in your field of vision (as I recall about 5°).   
      
   No, it is about 0.5 degrees. It varies a little over a year due to the   
   ellipticity of the Earth's orbit. According to   
   https://flatearth.ws/sun-apparent-size, the size varies between 0.524°   
   and 0.5418°.   
      
   Near sunset the apparent vertical diameter is reduced by atmospheric   
   refraction. The horizontal diameter is not changed, I believe.   
      
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