k3ng_rotator_controller/libraries/sunpos.cpp

// This file is available in electronic form at http://www.psa.es/sdg/sunpos.htm

#include "sunpos.h"
#include <math.h>

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;
    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;
    dHourAngle = dLocalMeanSiderealTime - dRightAscension;
    dLatitudeInRadians = udtLocation.dLatitude*rad;
    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;
    udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth = udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth/rad;
    // Parallax Correction
    dParallax=(dEarthMeanRadius/dAstronomicalUnit)
      *sin(udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle);
    udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle=(udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle 
      + dParallax)/rad;
  }
}