CAAPhysicalMoon_AltitudeOfSun: CAAPhysicalMoon_AltitudeOfSun

In helixcn/skycalc: Computational Astronomy in R based on PJ Naughter's AA+ library

Description

CAAPhysicalMoon_AltitudeOfSun

Usage

CAAPhysicalMoon_AltitudeOfSun(JD, Longitude, Latitude)

Arguments

JD	JD The date in Dynamical time to calculate for.
Longitude	Longitude The selenographic longitude in degrees of the position to perform the calculation for.
Latitude	Latitude The selenographic latitude in degrees of the position to perform the calculation for.

Value

Returns the altitude in degrees of the Sun at the specified lunar location.

Author(s)

C++ code by PJ Naughter, imported to R by Jinlong Zhang

References

Meeus, J. H. (1991). Astronomical algorithms. Willmann-Bell, Incorporated.

Examples

CAAPhysicalMoon_AltitudeOfSun(JD = 2455371.86, Longitude = 120, Latitude = 39.67)

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