// This file is available in electronic form at http://www.psa.es/sdg/sunpos.htm #include "sunpos.h" #include void sunpos(cTime udtTime,cLocation udtLocation, cSunCoordinates *udtSunCoordinates) { // Main variables double dElapsedJulianDays; double dDecimalHours; double dEclipticLongitude; double dEclipticObliquity; double dRightAscension; double dDeclination; // Auxiliary variables double dY; double dX; // Calculate difference in days between the current Julian Day // and JD 2451545.0, which is noon 1 January 2000 Universal Time { double dJulianDate; long int liAux1; long int liAux2; // Calculate time of the day in UT decimal hours dDecimalHours = udtTime.dHours + (udtTime.dMinutes + udtTime.dSeconds / 60.0 ) / 60.0; // Calculate current Julian Day liAux1 =(udtTime.iMonth-14)/12; liAux2=(1461*(udtTime.iYear + 4800 + liAux1))/4 + (367*(udtTime.iMonth - 2-12*liAux1))/12- (3*((udtTime.iYear + 4900 + liAux1)/100))/4+udtTime.iDay-32075; // dJulianDate=(double)(liAux2)-0.5+dDecimalHours/24.0; // Calculate difference between current Julian Day and JD 2451545.0 // dElapsedJulianDays = dJulianDate-2451545.0; // 140113 VE5VA // The original way of calculating elapsed Julian days required // more precision than is possible in a 32-bit float, so change // the order of the calculation to preserve the significant digits. liAux2 -= 2451545L; dElapsedJulianDays = (double)liAux2-0.5+dDecimalHours/24.0; } /* old Julian day calculation // Calculate difference in days between the current Julian Day // and JD 2451545.0, which is noon 1 January 2000 Universal Time { double dJulianDate; long int liAux1; long int liAux2; // Calculate time of the day in UT decimal hours dDecimalHours = udtTime.dHours + (udtTime.dMinutes + udtTime.dSeconds / 60.0 ) / 60.0; // Calculate current Julian Day liAux1 =(udtTime.iMonth-14)/12; liAux2=(1461*(udtTime.iYear + 4800 + liAux1))/4 + (367*(udtTime.iMonth - 2-12*liAux1))/12- (3*((udtTime.iYear + 4900 + liAux1)/100))/4+udtTime.iDay-32075; dJulianDate=(double)(liAux2)-0.5+dDecimalHours/24.0; // Calculate difference between current Julian Day and JD 2451545.0 dElapsedJulianDays = dJulianDate-2451545.0; } */ // Calculate ecliptic coordinates (ecliptic longitude and obliquity of the // ecliptic in radians but without limiting the angle to be less than 2*Pi // (i.e., the result may be greater than 2*Pi) { double dMeanLongitude; double dMeanAnomaly; double dOmega; dOmega=2.1429-0.0010394594*dElapsedJulianDays; dMeanLongitude = 4.8950630+ 0.017202791698*dElapsedJulianDays; // Radians dMeanAnomaly = 6.2400600+ 0.0172019699*dElapsedJulianDays; dEclipticLongitude = dMeanLongitude + 0.03341607*sin( dMeanAnomaly ) + 0.00034894*sin( 2*dMeanAnomaly )-0.0001134 -0.0000203*sin(dOmega); dEclipticObliquity = 0.4090928 - 6.2140e-9*dElapsedJulianDays +0.0000396*cos(dOmega); } // Calculate celestial coordinates ( right ascension and declination ) in radians // but without limiting the angle to be less than 2*Pi (i.e., the result may be // greater than 2*Pi) { double dSin_EclipticLongitude; dSin_EclipticLongitude= sin( dEclipticLongitude ); dY = cos( dEclipticObliquity ) * dSin_EclipticLongitude; dX = cos( dEclipticLongitude ); dRightAscension = atan2( dY,dX ); if( dRightAscension < 0.0 ) dRightAscension = dRightAscension + TWOPI_SUNPOS; dDeclination = asin( sin( dEclipticObliquity )*dSin_EclipticLongitude ); } // Calculate local coordinates ( azimuth and zenith angle ) in degrees { double dGreenwichMeanSiderealTime; double dLocalMeanSiderealTime; double dLatitudeInRadians; double dHourAngle; double dCos_Latitude; double dSin_Latitude; double dCos_HourAngle; double dParallax; dGreenwichMeanSiderealTime = 6.6974243242 + 0.0657098283*dElapsedJulianDays + dDecimalHours; dLocalMeanSiderealTime = (dGreenwichMeanSiderealTime*15 + udtLocation.dLongitude)*RAD_SUNPOS; dHourAngle = dLocalMeanSiderealTime - dRightAscension; dLatitudeInRadians = udtLocation.dLatitude*RAD_SUNPOS; dCos_Latitude = cos( dLatitudeInRadians ); dSin_Latitude = sin( dLatitudeInRadians ); dCos_HourAngle= cos( dHourAngle ); udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle = (acos( dCos_Latitude*dCos_HourAngle *cos(dDeclination) + sin( dDeclination )*dSin_Latitude)); dY = -sin( dHourAngle ); dX = tan( dDeclination )*dCos_Latitude - dSin_Latitude*dCos_HourAngle; udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth = atan2( dY, dX ); if ( udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth < 0.0 ) udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth = udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth + TWOPI_SUNPOS; udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth = udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth/RAD_SUNPOS; // Parallax Correction dParallax=(dEarthMeanRadius/dAstronomicalUnit) *sin(udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle); udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle=(udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle + dParallax)/RAD_SUNPOS; } }