<P> The mean longitude of the Sun, corrected for the aberration of light, is: </P> <Dl> <Dd> L = 280.460 ∘ + 0.9856474 ∘ n (\ displaystyle L = 280.460 ^ (\ circ) + 0.9856474 ^ (\ circ) n) </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> L = 280.460 ∘ + 0.9856474 ∘ n (\ displaystyle L = 280.460 ^ (\ circ) + 0.9856474 ^ (\ circ) n) </Dd> <P> The mean anomaly of the Sun (actually, of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun, but it is convenient to pretend the Sun orbits the Earth), is: </P>

Position of the earth relative to the sun