diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kosherjava/zmanim/AstronomicalCalendar.java b/src/main/java/com/kosherjava/zmanim/AstronomicalCalendar.java
index 7cf370cc..2036e91c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kosherjava/zmanim/AstronomicalCalendar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kosherjava/zmanim/AstronomicalCalendar.java
@@ -524,7 +524,6 @@ public Date getSunLowerTransit() {
 			cal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, -1);
 		}
 		lowerGeoLocation.setLongitude(lowerMeridian);
-		lowerGeoLocation.setLatitude(-lowerGeoLocation.getLongitude());
 		double noon = getAstronomicalCalculator().getUTCNoon(cal, lowerGeoLocation);
 		return getDateFromTime(noon, SolarEvent.MIDNIGHT);
 	}