On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Deamicis-Roberts wrote: > When you are standing on a Analemmatic dial, the numbers and your shadow > go clockwise. It just seems natural that the date line should keep the > same format for the understanding of the users. > > Besides, in the northern hemisphere, the user is faced north, not "looking > down from the north" as mentioned in other postings. When facing north, > the sun moves in a clockwise manner. > > Best regards > Mike > 36.9151 : 121.3539
Or, even broader, when facing "out" from the Earth. Sun travels clockwise, even if you face South (in the N hemisphere, of course.) Dave 37.28N 121.97W -