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Within the Arctic Circle (axial latitudes north of 66º33’N) the
nonagesimal has two peculiarities. First, it never falls outside the range
of Aries through Virgo, and has a smaller range the closer it is to the
North Pole. Second, its progression through the zodiac slows down
past S.T. 6:00 and retrogresses after S.T. 18:00. See the top view of the
ecliptic, above, for a diagram to which these phenomena can be
related.
It is helpful to visualize the range of the inclination of the zenith to
the ecliptic:
At the equator at S.T. 0:00, the At the Arctic and Antarctic
ecliptic is perpendicular to the Circles at S.T. 18:00 and 6:00,
horizon (crosses the zenith). respectively, the ecliptic is
parallel to (or coincides with)
the horizon, and there is no
nonagesimal.
Within these extremes, the inclination of the zenith to the ecliptic
varies diurnally according to the following formulae:
