Solar noon coincides with noon for a pretty small amount of places, take a look at this map: http://blog.poormansmath.net/images/SolarTimeVsStandardTimeV2.png

Solar noon coincides with noon for a pretty small amount of places, take a look at this map: http://blog.poormansmath.net/images/SolarTimeVsStandardTimeV2.png http://blog.poormansmath.net/images/SolarTimeVsStandardTimeV... Only the thin stripes of white have it, for every other place solar noon is off by minutes, if not hours.