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  1. Magnetic Declination (Variation) | NCEI

    Magnetic declination, sometimes called magnetic variation, is the angle between magnetic north and true north. Declination is positive east of true north and negative when west.

  2. Declination - Wikipedia

    In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.

  3. DECLINATION Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DECLINATION is angular distance north or south from the celestial equator measured along a great circle passing through the celestial poles. How to use declination in a …

  4. What is declination? | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

    What is declination? At most places on the Earth's surface, the compass doesn't point exactly toward geographic north. The deviation of the compass from true north is an angle called …

  5. Magnetic Declination

    Magnetic declination is calculated using the World Magnetic Model WMM2025.

  6. What is Declination? - The Compass Store

    This difference between where your compass points (Magnetic North) and the real north on a map (True North), measured as an angle in degrees, is called magnetic declination.

  7. DECLINATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Declination is defined as the position of the sun at noon (solar time) north and south of the celestial equator (measured in degrees).

  8. Declination | Celestial Coordinates, Celestial Sphere & Equinoxes ...

    Declination, in astronomy, the angular distance of a body north or south of the celestial equator. Declination and right ascension, an east-west coordinate, together define the position of an …

  9. DECLINATION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    All holes were drilled at between approximately -45 to -50 degree declinations. The second drill hole was drilled at a declination of -75 degrees. He was as baffled as I about the FBI's …

  10. Firefighter Math: 6.5 Declination | NWCG

    Magnetic declination, or declination, is the difference between the true north reading from the map and the magnetic north reading from a compass. When a compass is used in combination with …