In astronomy, an analemma is a diagram showing the position of the Sun in the sky as seen from a fixed location on Earth at the same mean solar time over the course of a year. The change of position is a result of the shifting of the angle in the sky of the path that the Sun takes in respect to the stars. The diagram resembles a figure eight. Globes of the Earth often display an analemma as a two-dimensional figure of equation of time vs. declination of the Sun.