LeGrande:
I just had a thought.
You’ve been trying to tell us about how the apparent position of the sun is not its actual position.
If you could give us a link to some peer-reviewed scientific journal that is available online that describes this phenomenon there is a chance that we would understand it better.
Sometimes having different people conveying the same idea but with different words and phrases makes it more understandable.
Thanks.
I doubt there is a peer reviewed scientific journal that exclusively discusses this. I think ever since it was discovered that light wasn't instantaneous the principle has been accepted.
I do have a quote that pertains to the original point that I brought up and describes the phenomena, and makes my point : )
http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath249/kmath249.htm
"and therefore the Earth's gravitational acceleration should always point directly toward the Sun's position at the present instant, rather than (say) the Sun's position eight minutes ago."
If it were true that the actual position of the moon is 2.1 degrees away from the apparent position of the Sun during a solar eclipse, you would think that someone would have mentioned it somewhere.