diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm b/code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm
index 23c7a9f2dc08..194db09bede8 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
 		var/atom/movable/big_subject = subject
 		. += (big_subject.bound_height  - world.icon_size) / 2
 
+/// Calculate the angle between two atoms. Uses north-clockwise convention: NORTH = 0, EAST = 90, etc.
 /proc/Get_Angle(atom/start, atom/end)//For beams.
 	if(!start || !end)
 		return 0
@@ -112,14 +113,14 @@
 			return 0 //Atoms are not on turfs.
 	var/dy = get_pixel_position_y(end) - get_pixel_position_y(start)
 	var/dx = get_pixel_position_x(end) - get_pixel_position_x(start)
-	. = arctan(dy, dx)
+	return delta_to_angle(dx, dy)
+
+/// Calculate the angle produced by a pair of x and y deltas. Uses north-clockwise convention: NORTH = 0, EAST = 90, etc.
+/proc/delta_to_angle(dx, dy)
+	. = arctan(dy, dx) //y-then-x results in north-clockwise convention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atan2#East-counterclockwise,_north-clockwise_and_south-clockwise_conventions,_etc.
 	if(. < 0)
 		. += 360
 
-/proc/Get_Pixel_Angle(dx, dy)//for getting the angle when animating something's pixel_x and pixel_y
-	var/da = arctan(dy, dx) //y-then-x results in north-clockwise convention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atan2#East-counterclockwise,_north-clockwise_and_south-clockwise_conventions,_etc.
-	return (da >= 0 ? da : da + 360)
-
 /proc/angle_to_dir(angle)
 	switch(angle) //diagonal directions get priority over straight directions in edge cases
 		if (22.5 to 67.5)
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
index f44da069c917..a473c06b2b9d 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 
 	var/dx = p_x + aim_turf.x * 32 - source_turf.x * 32 // todo account for firer offsets
 	var/dy = p_y + aim_turf.y * 32 - source_turf.y * 32
-	angle = Get_Pixel_Angle(dx, dy)
+	angle = delta_to_angle(dx, dy)
 
 /obj/projectile/process(delta_time)
 	. = PROC_RETURN_SLEEP
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
 
 	//Change the bullet angle to its visual path
 
-	var/vis_angle = Get_Pixel_Angle(pixel_x_target - pixel_x_source, pixel_y_target - pixel_y_source)
+	var/vis_angle = delta_to_angle(pixel_x_target - pixel_x_source, pixel_y_target - pixel_y_source)
 	var/matrix/rotate = matrix()
 	rotate.Turn(vis_angle)
 	apply_transform(rotate)