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carvell
Joined: 20 Sep 2016
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| Sunset time calculation |
 Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 1:42 pm |
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There was a sunrise/sunset time calculator on this forum, but it was intertwined with a lot of other functions and was fairly huge, so I implemented the following.
I followed this method, implementing it step by step:
http://williams.best.vwh.net/sunrise_sunset_algorithm.htm
Confirmed it against a variety of sources.
Parameters:
int8 offset - Sunset/sunrise times are calculated in UTC. The offset given here will be applied to the UTC result before returning a value.
int1 riseorset - 1 to calculate rise time, 0 to calculate set time
int16 day - Day of the month, e.g. 31.
int16 month - Month, e.g. 12.
int16 year - Year, e.g. 2016.
float lat - Latitude position, e.g. 51.5074 for London.
float lon - Longitude position, e.g. -0.1278 for London.
The time is returned in decimal format. I.e., for 18:30 it will return 18.5, for 09:45 it'll return 9.75, etc.
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#pragma device ANSI //this is required in order that variables default to signed instead of unsigned
#include <math.h>
#define PI 3.141592654
#define ZENITH 90.833333333
float calc_suntime(int8 offset, int1 riseorset, int16 day, int16 month, int16 year, float lat, float lon)
{
//offset: offset to apply from UTC (in hours)
//riseorset: 1 for rise time, 0 for set time
float lngHour, t, M, L, RA, Lquadrant, RAquadrant, sinDec;
float cosDec, cosH, H, T, UT, localT;
int16 N1, N2, N3, N;
N1 = floor(275 * month / 9);
N2 = floor((month + 9) / 12);
N3 = (1 + floor((year - 4 * floor(year / 4) + 2) / 3));
N = N1 - (N2 * N3) + day - 30;
lngHour = lon / 15;
if (riseorset)
{
//sunrise time
t = N + ((6 - lngHour) / 24);
}
else
{
//sunset time
t = N + ((18 - lngHour) / 24);
}
M = (0.9856 * t) - 3.289;
L = M + (1.916 * sin((PI/180) * M)) + (0.020 * sin((PI/180) * 2 * M)) + 282.634;
//need to adjust L to be in range (0,360)
while ((L > 360) || (L < 0))
{
if (L > 360) L -= 360;
if (L < 0) L += 360;
}
RA = (180/PI) * atan(0.91764 * tan((PI/180) * L));
//need to adjust RA to be in range (0,360)
while ((RA > 360) || (RA < 0))
{
if (RA > 360) RA -= 360;
if (RA < 0) RA += 360;
}
Lquadrant = (floor( L/90)) * 90;
RAquadrant = (floor(RA/90)) * 90;
RA = RA + (Lquadrant - RAquadrant);
RA = RA / 15;
sinDec = 0.39782 * sin((PI/180) * L);
cosDec = cos((PI/180) * ((180/PI) * asin(sinDec)));
cosH = (cos((PI/180) * ZENITH) - (sinDec * sin((PI/180) * lat))) / (cosDec * cos((PI/180) * lat));
/*
if (cosH > 1)
the sun never rises on this location (on the specified date)
if (cosH < -1)
the sun never sets on this location (on the specified date)
*/
if (riseorset)
{
//sunrise time
H = 360 - ((180/PI) * acos(cosH));
}
else
{
//sunset time
H = (180/PI) * acos(cosH);
}
H = H / 15;
T = H + RA - (0.06571 * t) - 6.622;
UT = T - lngHour;
while ((UT > 24) || (UT < 0))
{
if (UT > 360) UT -= 24;
if (UT < 0) UT += 24;
}
localT = UT + offset;
return localT;
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Ttelmah
Joined: 11 Mar 2010
Posts: 19546
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:44 am |
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One comment.
You need to think in terms of using a smaller unit for 'offset'. Quite a lot of countries/places use 0.5 hour timezones. (Adelaide in Australia, India, and Newfoundland for example).
So I'd suggest changing 'offset' to be in integer 0.5hour steps, then the offset line just becomes:
localT = UT + (offset*0.5);
Which can then handle these locations. 
Best Wishes |
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