-- Author: Martin Zwicknagl (zwim) -- Date: 2021-10-29 -- The current source code of this file can be found on https://github.com/zwim/suntime. --[[-- Module to calculate ephemeris and other times depending on the sun position Maximal errors from 2020-2050 are: * 33.58° Casablanca: 24s * 37.97° Athene: 25s * 41.91° Rome: 28s * 47.25° Innsbruck: 14s * 52.32° Berlin: 32s * 64.14° Reykjavik: 113s * 65.69° Akureyri: <110s (except *) * 70.67° Hammerfest: <105s (except **) *) A few days around beginning of summer (error <530s) **) A few days after and befor midnight sun (error <1200s) @usage local SunTime = require("suntime") time_zone = 0 altitude = 50 degree = true SunTime:setPosition("Reykjavik", 64.14381, -21.92626, timezone, altitude, degree) SunTime:setAdvanced() SunTime:setDate() SunTime:calculateTimes() print(SunTime.rise, SunTime.set, SunTime.set_civil) -- or similar see calculateTime() @module suntime --]]-- -- math abbrevations local toRad = math.pi/180 local toDeg = 1/toRad local floor = math.floor local sin = math.sin local cos = math.cos local tan = math.tan local asin = math.asin local acos = math.acos local atan = math.atan local function Rad(x) return x*toRad end -------------------------------------------- local SunTime = {} SunTime.astronomic = Rad(-18) SunTime.nautic = Rad(-12) SunTime.civil = Rad(-6) -- SunTime.eod = Rad(-49/60) -- approx. end of day SunTime.earth_flatten = 1 / 298.257223563 -- WGS84 SunTime.average_temperature = 10 -- °C ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- simple 'Equation of time' good for dates between 2008-2027 -- errors for latitude 20° are within 1min -- 47° are within 1min 30sec -- 65° are within 5min -- https://www.astronomie.info/zeitgleichung/#Auf-_und_Untergang (German) function SunTime:getZglSimple() local T = self.date.yday return -0.171 * sin(0.0337 * T + 0.465) - 0.1299 * sin(0.01787 * T - 0.168) end -- more advanced 'Equation of time' good for dates between 1800-2200 -- errors are better than with the simple method -- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgleichung (German) and -- more infos on http://www.hlmths.de/Scilab/Zeitgleichung.pdf (German) function SunTime:getZglAdvanced() local e = self.num_ex local e2 = e*e local e3 = e2*e local e4 = e3*e local e5 = e4*e local M = self.M -- https://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Astronomische_Berechnungen_f%C3%BCr_Amateure/_Himmelsmechanik/_Sonne local C = (2*e - e3/4 + 5/96*e5) * sin(M) + (5/4*e2 + 11/24*e4) * sin(2*M) + (13/12*e3 - 43/64*e5) * sin(3*M) + 103/96*e4 * sin(4*M) + 1097/960*e5 * sin(5*M) -- rad local lamb = self.L + C local tanL = tan(self.L) local tanLamb = tan(lamb) local cosEps = cos(self.epsilon) local zgl = atan( (tanL - tanLamb*cosEps) / (1 + tanL*tanLamb*cosEps) ) --rad return zgl*toDeg/15 -- to hours *4'/60 end -- set current date or year/month/day daylightsaving hh/mm/ss -- if dst == nil use curent daylight saving of the system function SunTime:setDate(year, month, day, dst, hour, min, sec) self.date = os.date("*t") -- get current day if year and month and day then self.date.year = year self.date.month = month self.date.day = day local feb = 28 if year % 4 == 0 and (year % 100 ~= 0 or year % 400 == 0) then feb = 29 end local days_in_month = {31, feb, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31} self.date.yday = day for i = 1, month-1 do self.date.yday = self.date.yday + days_in_month[i] end self.date.hour = hour or 12 self.date.min = min or 0 self.date.sec = sec or 0 if dst ~= nil then self.date.isdst = dst end end if not self.getZgl then self.getZgl = self.getZglAdvanced end end --[[-- Set position for later calculations @param name Name of the location @param latitude Geographical latitude, North is positive @param longitude Geographical longitude, West is negative @param time_zone Timezone e.g. CET = +1 @param altitude Altitude of the location above the sea level @param degree if `nil` latitude and longitue are in radian, else in decimal degree --]]-- function SunTime:setPosition(name, latitude, longitude, time_zone, altitude, degree) altitude = altitude or 200 if degree then latitude = latitude * toRad longitude = longitude * toRad end -- check for sane values -- latitudes are from -90° to +90° if latitude > math.pi/2 then latitude = math.pi/2 elseif latitude < -math.pi/2 then latitude = -math.pi/2 end -- longitudes are from -180° to +180° if longitude > math.pi then longitude = math.pi elseif longitude < -math.pi then longitude = -math.pi end self.pos = {name, latitude = latitude, longitude = longitude, altitude = altitude} self.time_zone = time_zone -- self.refract = Rad(36.35/60 * .5 ^ (altitude / 5538)) -- constant temperature self.refract = Rad(36.20/60 * (1 - 0.0065*altitude/(273.15+self.average_temperature)) ^ 5.255 ) end --[[-- Use a simple equation of time (valid for the years 2008-2027) --]]-- function SunTime:setSimple() self.getZgl = self.getZglSimple end --[[-- Use an advanced equation of time (valid for the years 1800-2200 at least) --]]-- function SunTime:setAdvanced() self.getZgl = self.getZglAdvanced end function SunTime:daysSince2000(hour) local delta = self.date.year - 2000 local leap = floor((delta-1)/4) return 365 * delta + leap + self.date.yday + (hour-12)/24 -- WMO No.8, rebased for 2000-01-01 12:00 end -- more accurate parameters of earth orbit from -- Title: Numerical expressions for precession formulae and mean elements for the Moon and the planets -- Authors: Simon, J. L., Bretagnon, P., Chapront, J., Chapront-Touze, M., Francou, G., & Laskar, J., , -- Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 282, no. 2, p. 663-683 -- Bibliographic Code: 1994A&A...282..663S function SunTime:initVars(hour) if not hour then hour = 12 end local T = self:daysSince2000(hour)/36525 -- in Julian centuries form 2000-01-01 12:00 -- self.num_ex = 0.0167086342 - 0.000042 * T -- numerical eccentricity of earth's orbit -- see wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdbahn-> Meeus -- and Numerical expressions for preccession formulae -- time is in Julian centuries self.num_ex = 0.0167086342 + T*(-0.0004203654e-1 + T*(-0.0000126734e-2 + T*( 0.0000001444e-3 + T*(-0.0000000002e-4 + T* 0.0000000003e-5)))) -- self.epsilon = (23 + 26/60 + 21/3600 - 46.82/3600 * T) * toRad -- earth's obliquity to the ecliptic -- see Numerical expressions for precession formulae ... -- Time is here in Julian centuries -- local epsilon = 23 + 26/60 + (21.412 + T*(-468.0927E-1 -- + T*(-0.0152E-2 + T*(1.9989E-3 -- + T*(-0.0051E-4 - T*0.0025E-5)))))/3600 --° -- Astronomical Almanac 2010, p. B52 -- Time is here in Julian centuries local epsilon = 23 + 26/60 + (21.406 - T*(46.836769 - T*( 0.0001831 + T*(0.00200340 + T*(-5.76E-7 - T* 4.34E-8)))))/3600 --° self.epsilon = epsilon * toRad -- see Numerical expressions for precession formulae ... -- mean longitude local nT = T * (36000.7690/35999.3720) -- convert from equinox to date local L = 100.46645683 + (nT*(1295977422.83429E-1 + nT*(-2.04411E-2 - nT* 0.00523E-3)))/3600 --° self.L = (L - floor(L/360)*360) * toRad -- see Numerical expressions for precession formulae ... -- Time is here in Julian centuries local omega = 102.93734808 + nT*(11612.35290e-1 + nT*(53.27577e-2 + nT*(-0.14095e-3 + nT*( 0.11440e-4 + nT* 0.00478e-5))))/3600 --° -- mean anomaly local M = L - omega --° self.M = (M - floor(M/360)*360) * toRad -- Deklination nach astronomie.info -- local decl = 0.4095 * sin(0.016906 * (self.date.yday - 80.086)) --Deklination nach Brodbeck (2001) -- local decl = 0.40954 * sin(0.0172 * (self.date.yday - 79.349740)) -- Deklination WMO-No.8 page I-7-37 --local T = self.days_since_2000 --local L = 280.460 + 0.9856474 * T --L = (L - floor(L/360)*360) * toRad --local g = 357.528 + 0.9856003 * T -- mean anomaly --g = (g - floor(g/360)*360) * toRad --local l = L + (1.915 * sin (g) + 0.020 * sin (2*g))*toRad --local ep = self.epsilon -- -- sin(decl) = sin(ep)*sin(l) --self.decl = asin(sin(ep)*sin(l)) -- Deklination WMO-No.8 page I-7-37 local l = self.L + math.pi + (1.915 * sin (self.M) + 0.020 * sin (2*self.M))*toRad self.decl = asin(sin(self.epsilon)*sin(l)) -- Nutation see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutation_(Astronomie) local A = { 2.18243920 - 33.7570460 * T, -2.77624462 + 1256.66393 * T, 7.62068856 + 16799.4182 * T, 4.36487839 - 67.5140919 * T} local B = {92025e-4 + 8.9e-4 * T, 5736e-4 - 3.1e-4 * T, 977e-4 - 0.5e-4 * T, -895e-4 + 0.5e-4 * T} local delta_epsilon = 0 --" for i = 1, #A do delta_epsilon = delta_epsilon + B[i]*cos(A[i]) end -- add nutation to declination self.decl = self.decl + delta_epsilon/3600*toRad -- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-Gleichung#Wahre_Anomalie self.E = self.M + self.num_ex * sin(self.M) + self.num_ex^2 / 2 * sin(2*self.M) self.a = 149598022.96E3 -- große Halbachse in meter self.r = self.a * (1 - self.num_ex * cos(self.E)) self.eod = -atan(6.96342e8/self.r) - self.refract -- ^--sun radius ^- astronomical refraction (at altitude) self.zgl = self:getZgl() end function SunTime:getTimeDiff(height) local val = (sin(height) - sin(self.pos.latitude)*sin(self.decl)) / (cos(self.pos.latitude)*cos(self.decl)) if math.abs(val) > 1 then return end return 12/math.pi * acos(val) end -- Get time for a certain height -- Set hour near to expected time -- Sed after_noon to true, if sunset is wanted -- Result rise or set time -- nil sun does not reach the height function SunTime:calculateTime(height, hour, after_noon) local dst = self.date.isdst and 1 or 0 local timeDiff = self:getTimeDiff(height, hour) if not timeDiff then return end local local_correction = self.time_zone - self.pos.longitude*12/math.pi + dst - self.zgl if not after_noon then return 12 - timeDiff + local_correction else return 12 + timeDiff + local_correction end end -- If height is nil, use newly calculated self.eod function SunTime:calculateTimeIter(height, hour) local after_noon = hour > 12 self:initVars(hour) -- calculate self.eod hour = self:calculateTime(height or self.eod, hour, after_noon) if hour ~= nil then self:initVars(hour) -- calculate self.eod hour = self:calculateTime(height or self.eod, hour, after_noon) end return hour end function SunTime:calculateNoon() self:initVars(12) if self.pos.latitude >= 0 then -- northern hemisphere if math.pi/2 - self.pos.latitude + self.decl > self.eod then local dst = self.date.isdst and 1 or 0 local local_correction = self.time_zone - self.pos.longitude*12/math.pi + dst - self.zgl return 12 + local_correction end else -- sourthern hemisphere if math.pi/2 + self.pos.latitude - self.decl > self.eod then local dst = self.date.isdst and 1 or 0 local local_correction = self.time_zone - self.pos.longitude*12/math.pi + dst - self.zgl return 12 + local_correction end end end function SunTime:calculateMidnight() -- 24 is the midnight at the end of the current day, -- 00 would be the beginning of the day self:initVars(24) if self.pos.latitude >= 0 then -- northern hemisphere if math.pi/2 - self.pos.latitude - self.decl > self.eod then local dst = self.date.isdst and 1 or 0 local local_correction = self.time_zone - self.pos.longitude*12/math.pi + dst - self.zgl return 24 + local_correction end else -- southern hemisphere if math.pi/2 + self.pos.latitude + self.decl > self.eod then local dst = self.date.isdst and 1 or 0 local local_correction = self.time_zone - self.pos.longitude*12/math.pi + dst - self.zgl return 24 + local_correction end end end --[[-- Calculates the ephemeris and twilight times @usage SunTime:calculateTime() Times are in hours or `nil` if not applicable. You can then access: self.rise_astronomic self.rise_nautic self.rise_civil self.rise self.noon self.set self.set_civil self.set_nautic self.set_astronomic self.midnight Or as values in a table: self.times[1] midnight - 24h self.times[2] rise_astronomic self.times[3] rise_nautic self.times[4] rise_civil self.times[5] rise self.times[6] noon self.times[7] set self.times[8] set_civil self.times[9] set_nautic self.times[10] set_astronomic self.times[11] midnight --]]-- function SunTime:calculateTimes() -- All or some the times can be nil at great latitudes -- but either noon or midnight is not nil! self.rise = self:calculateTimeIter(nil, 6) self.set = self:calculateTimeIter(nil, 18) self.rise_civil = self:calculateTimeIter(self.civil, 6) self.set_civil = self:calculateTimeIter(self.civil, 18) self.rise_nautic = self:calculateTimeIter(self.nautic, 6) self.set_nautic = self:calculateTimeIter(self.nautic, 18) self.rise_astronomic = self:calculateTimeIter(self.astronomic, 6) self.set_astronomic = self:calculateTimeIter(self.astronomic, 18) self.noon = self:calculateNoon() self.midnight = self:calculateMidnight() self.times = {} self.times[1] = self.midnight and (self.midnight - 24) self.times[2] = self.rise_astronomic self.times[3] = self.rise_nautic self.times[4] = self.rise_civil self.times[5] = self.rise self.times[6] = self.noon self.times[7] = self.set self.times[8] = self.set_civil self.times[9] = self.set_nautic self.times[10] = self.set_astronomic self.times[11] = self.midnight end -- Get time in seconds (either actual time in hours or date struct) function SunTime:getTimeInSec(val) if not val then val = os.date("*t") end if type(val) == "table" then return val.hour*3600 + val.min*60 + val.sec end return val*3600 end return SunTime