Hour Angle Definition

noun
The angle formed at the pole, or its arc on the celestial equator, between the hour circle of a celestial object and the observer's celestial meridian measured in hours, minutes, etc.: it represents the elapsed time since the object passed directly over the observer.
Webster's New World
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