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March Figure 8

TheFigure 8 of the polar wobble has been complicated by the lean to the left, which allows the Sun to be visible early over the curve of the Earth, appearing far to the North. Measures from each of the zones shows that the forward loop over India has the Sun to the South on rising but North on setting, the reverse of a backleaning loop over New Zealand which has the Sun to the North on rising but South on setting. Compare to February trends.

Sweden
Mar 2
Seems to me Earth had been doing a great lurch. This morning about 7:30 am(UTC) in latitude 55 deg Sweden we saw the Sun HIGH above normal. Per CyberSky software sun's altitude is +17 degrees at that time but to us, that value looked more like to be almost the double! HIGH by 17.
Wisco
Mar 1
Sunrise 7:01 AM Azi 99 Alt 3
[Skymap expects Azi 104 Alt 4] NORTH by 5
Mar 2
Sunset 5:20 PM Azi 248 Alt 10
[Skymap expects Azi 257 Alt 5] SOUTH by 5
Mar 9
Sunrise 7:27 AM Azi 98 Alt 20
[Skymap expects Azi 107 Alt 12] NORTH by 9 and HIGH by 8
Mar 11
Sunrise 6:39 AM Azi 95 Alt 12
[Skymap expects Azi 97 Alt 3] SOUTH by 2 and HIGH by 9

El Paso
Mar 8
Sunrise 7:27 MST the Sun rose above the Hueco Mountains East of El Paso at Azi 105. Very red dawn preceded sunrise.
[Skymap expects Azi 95] SOUTH by 10
Mar 16
Sunrise before 06:22 due East
[Correct but an hour EARLY!] and was due West at 17:30 [Skymap expects Azi 255 Alt 22, so NORTH].
Mar 30
Sunrise 6:00 AM Azi 90
[Skymap expects Azi 85 at 7:00] EARLY
Sunset 6:00 PM Azi 270
[Skymap expects Azi 262 Alt 18] EARLY

New Zealand
Mar 2
Some days the Sun will set in my left kitchen windown other days it will not even be visible from any windows. I usually check it at 6pm and have noticed that some days the sun is beaming in through the kitchen other days it is so far south at sunset I can barely see the sun from my house. Is the polar wobble increasing in violence?

Australia
Mar 20
Noon 1:15 PM Azi 350 Alt 60-65
[Skymap expects Azi 5 Alt 53] SOUTH by 15 HIGH by 10
Afternoon 3:15 PM Azi 305 Alt 50-55
[Skymap expects Azi 320 Alt 45] SOUTH by 15 HIGH by 10
Sunset 5:25 PM Azi 275-280 Alt 35
[Skymap expects Azi 290 Alt 24] SOUTH by 15 HIGH by 11
Sunset 6:25 PM Azi 265 Alt 15
[Skymap expects Azi 279 Alt 13] SOUTH by 14 HIGH by 2

Mar 28
Afternoon 2:25 PM Azi 302 Alt 45
[Skymap expects Azi 337 Alt 48] SOUTH by 35.
Afternoon 4:00 PM Azi 280 Alt 30
[Skymap expects Azi 309 Alt 37] SOUTH by 29.
Afternoon 4:40 PM Azi 270 Alt 15-20
[Skymap expects Azi 300 Alt 30] SOUTH by 30 and LOW by 10.
Sunset 5:30 PM Azi 270 Alt 10-15
[Skymap expects Azi 291 Alt 21] SOUTH by 21 and LOW.