sunCalc.js 2.1 KB
/*
 (c) 2011-2014, Vladimir Agafonkin
 SunCalc is a JavaScript library for calculating sun/mooon position and light phases.
 https://github.com/mourner/suncalc
*/

// shortcuts for easier to read formulas

var PI   = Math.PI,
    sin  = Math.sin,
    cos  = Math.cos,
    tan  = Math.tan,
    asin = Math.asin,
    atan = Math.atan2,
    rad  = PI / 180;

// sun calculations are based on http://aa.quae.nl/en/reken/zonpositie.html formulas


// date/time constants and conversions

var dayMs = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24,
    J1970 = 2440588,
    J2000 = 2451545;

function toJulian (date) { return date.valueOf() / dayMs - 0.5 + J1970; }
function toDays (date)   { return toJulian(date) - J2000; }


// general calculations for position

var e = rad * 23.4397; // obliquity of the Earth

function rightAscension(l, b) { return atan(sin(l) * cos(e) - tan(b) * sin(e), cos(l)); }
function declination(l, b)    { return asin(sin(b) * cos(e) + cos(b) * sin(e) * sin(l)); }

function azimuth(H, phi, dec)  { return atan(sin(H), cos(H) * sin(phi) - tan(dec) * cos(phi)); }
function altitude(H, phi, dec) { return asin(sin(phi) * sin(dec) + cos(phi) * cos(dec) * cos(H)); }

function siderealTime(d, lw) { return rad * (280.16 + 360.9856235 * d) - lw; }


// general sun calculations

function solarMeanAnomaly(d) { return rad * (357.5291 + 0.98560028 * d); }

function eclipticLongitude(M) {

    var C = rad * (1.9148 * sin(M) + 0.02 * sin(2 * M) + 0.0003 * sin(3 * M)), // equation of center
        P = rad * 102.9372; // perihelion of the Earth

    return M + C + P + PI;
}

function sunCoords(d) {

    var M = solarMeanAnomaly(d),
        L = eclipticLongitude(M);

    return {
        dec: declination(L, 0),
        ra: rightAscension(L, 0)
    };
}

var SunCalc = {};

// calculates sun position for a given date and latitude/longitude

SunCalc.getPosition = function (date, lat, lng) {

    var lw  = rad * -lng,
        phi = rad * lat,
        d   = toDays(date),

        c  = sunCoords(d),
        H  = siderealTime(d, lw) - c.ra;

    return {
        azimuth: azimuth(H, phi, c.dec),
        altitude: altitude(H, phi, c.dec)
    };
};

export default SunCalc;