At 1544 zone time on 5 October your DR position is LAT 25°00'N, LONG 60°15'W. You are steering 270°T at a speed of 6.8 knots. What is the zone time of sunset?

Question

At 1544 zone time on 5 October your DR position is LAT 25&deg;00'N, LONG 60&deg;15'W. You are steering 270&deg;T at a speed of 6.8 knots. What is the zone time of sunset?

Accepted Answer

Option D: 1745. Bowditch formulas for celestial twilight and sunrise/sunset dictate applying local longitude corrections to the tabular time in the Nautical Almanac. For this position and date, the calculation results in 1745 zone time.

At 1544 zone time on 5 October your DR position is LAT 25&deg;00'N, LONG 60&deg;15'W. You are steering 270&deg;T at a speed of 6.8 knots. What is the zone time of sunset?

At 1544 zone time on 5 October your DR position is LAT 25°00'N, LONG 60°15'W. You are steering 270°T at a speed of 6.8 knots. What is the zone time of sunset?