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Old 19th July 2010 | 11:20
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From: Ex-pat Aussie in the UK
The visual distance (in nm) to the horizon is given = 1.2 * SQRT(altitude)

So work out the distance to your horizon, and then the sunset time for that number of miles to the west for the sunset time at your current position and altitude.

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