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The hour angle of a direction is the westward angle from the upper celestial meridian to its hour circle. In a consistent equinox convention, $h=\mathrm{LST}-\alpha$ modulo one turn, where $\alpha$ is right ascension and LST is local sidereal time.

Local sidereal time is the right ascension on the upper celestial meridian. Since right ascension increases eastward while hour angle increases westward, their difference isOne hour of either coordinate is $15^{\circ }$. For a fixed stellar direction, $h$ increases at the sidereal rotation rate. Mean sidereal time should be used with mean right ascension, or apparent sidereal time with apparent right ascension, for the same reference equinox.

Local sidereal time is the right ascension on the upper celestial meridian. A sidereal day is approximately $1436.07$ minutes; its angular rate is $2\pi /T_{\mathrm{sid}}$. Mean and apparent sidereal time must be paired with corresponding equatorial coordinate systems.