What is the term for the angle of an object above the horizon?

What is the term for the angle of an object above the horizon?

• A. Elevation
• B. Azimuth
• C. Latitude
• D. Declination

Answer: (A)

Elevation is the angle of an object above the horizon. It tells you how high in the sky the object appears, measured from the horizon upward. At the horizon, elevation is 0 degrees; at the zenith directly overhead, it’s 90 degrees. This is different from azimuth, which is the compass direction along the horizon to the object; latitude refers to your position on Earth north or south of the equator; and declination is a celestial coordinate that measures distance north or south of the celestial equator, not how high something is above the horizon. In practice, elevation (sometimes called altitude) describes how high a body is in the sky.

Elevation is the angle of an object above the horizon. It tells you how high in the sky the object appears, measured from the horizon upward. At the horizon, elevation is 0 degrees; at the zenith directly overhead, it’s 90 degrees. This is different from azimuth, which is the compass direction along the horizon to the object; latitude refers to your position on Earth north or south of the equator; and declination is a celestial coordinate that measures distance north or south of the celestial equator, not how high something is above the horizon. In practice, elevation (sometimes called altitude) describes how high a body is in the sky.