Horizontal angle from north or other reference cardinal direction
For other uses, see Azimuth (disambiguation).
The azimuth is the angle formed between a reference direction (in this example north) and a line from the observer to a point of interest projected on the same plane as the reference direction orthogonal to the zenith.
An azimuth (/ˈæzəməθ/ⓘ; from Arabic: اَلسُّمُوت, romanized: as-sumūt, lit. 'the directions')[1] is the angular measurement in a spherical coordinate system which represents the horizontal angle from a cardinal direction, most commonly north.
Mathematically, the relative position vector from an observer (origin) to a point of interest is projected perpendicularly onto a reference plane (the horizontal plane); the angle between the projected vector and a reference vector on the reference plane is called the azimuth.
When used as a celestial coordinate, the azimuth is the horizontal direction of a star or other astronomical object in the sky. The star is the point of interest, the reference plane is the local area (e.g. a circular area with a 5 km radius at sea level) around an observer on Earth's surface, and the reference vector points to true north. The azimuth is the angle between the north vector and the star's vector on the horizontal plane.[2]
Azimuth is usually measured in degrees (°), in the positive range 0° to 360° or in the signed range -180° to +180°. The concept is used in navigation, astronomy, engineering, mapping, mining, and ballistics.
^The singular form of the noun is Arabic: السَّمْت, romanized: as-samt, lit. 'the direction'.
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