A numerical assessment of the brightness of a heavenly body: An apparent is the intensity of light of a star as seen from the planet Earth.

3. An apparent is the numeric calculation of the luminosity of stars as they appear on the celestial sphere.

The movement of a celestial body against the background of distant stars: When lying on the ground on a cloudless night, Sam and his girlfriend watched the apparent motion of the stars caused by the finite speed of light and the movement of the Earth while orbiting around the Sun.

Time assessed by the observed diurnal movement of the star at the center of the solar system, or sun: Apparent solar time is determined by the actual position of the sun in the sky which corresponds to time on most sundials.