Correct. Time wasn’t super a factor as those 2 places are close enough in longitude.

There is a fascinating book about John Harrison called Longitude. Before we could tell time precisely longitude (at sea mainly) was SUPER difficult to determine. Worth a read.

The FE proponent of course says of the above that it just proves how close the sun is to the earth such that the light rays are not parallel.

I’ve given up trying to reason with them.