sun-position-calculator

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Sun Position Calculator:

The Sun Position Calculator is a Python library that provides a convenient way to calculate the azimuth and altitude of the sun for a given date, time, and location. It also allows you to determine various sun-related phases such as sunrise, sunset, dawn, dusk, and more based on different angles.

Installation:

You can easily install the library via pip:

pip install sun-position-calculator

Usage:

Example 1: Calculate Sun Position

import math
from sun_position_calculator import SunPositionCalculator

# Replace the latitude and longitude with your desired location
latitude = 37.7749
longitude = -122.4194

# Replace the UNIX timestamp with the desired date and time
unixtime_in_ms = 1679795200000  # Example: 10th May 2023, 12:00 PM (UTC)

# Create an instance of the SunPositionCalculator
calculator = SunPositionCalculator()

# Calculate the sun position
position = calculator.pos(unixtime_in_ms, latitude, longitude)
azimuth = math.degrees(position.azimuth)
altitude = math.degrees(position.altitude)

print(f"Sun Azimuth: {azimuth:.2f} degrees")
print(f"Sun Altitude: {altitude:.2f} degrees")

Example 2: Find Time of Sunrise

from sun_position_calculator import SunPositionCalculator, SunPhase

# Replace the latitude and longitude with your desired location
latitude = 37.7749
longitude = -122.4194

# Replace the UNIX timestamp with the desired date
unixtime_in_ms = 1679795200000  # Example: 10th May 2023, 12:00 PM (UTC)

# Create an instance of the SunPositionCalculator
calculator = SunPositionCalculator()

# Find the time of sunrise at the given location
sunrise_time = calculator.time_at_phase(unixtime_in_ms, SunPhase.sunrise(), latitude, longitude, height=0)

print(f"Sunrise time: {sunrise_time}")

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License:

This library is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.

You are free to use, modify, and distribute this library under the terms of the GPL v3. However, any derivative work based on this library must also be licensed under the GPL v3, and the source code of the derivative work must be made available to others.

For more details, please refer to the GPL v3 License or see the LICENSE file.