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JS function to calculate moon phase
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function moon_phase(date) { // ported from http://www.voidware.com/moon_phase.htm | |
var year = date.getYear(), | |
month = date.getMonth(), | |
day = date.getDay(); | |
if (month < 3) { | |
year--; | |
month += 12; | |
} | |
++month; | |
jd = 365.25 * year + 30.6 * month + day - 694039.09; // jd is total days elapsed | |
jd /= 29.53; // divide by the moon cycle (29.53 days) | |
phase = parseInt(jd, 10); // int(jd) -> phase, take integer part of jd | |
jd -= phase; // subtract integer part to leave fractional part of original jd | |
phase = Math.ceil(jd * 8); // scale fraction from 0-8 and round by adding 0.5 | |
phase = phase & 7; // 0 and 8 are the same so turn 8 into 0 | |
switch (phase) { | |
case 0: phase = "New Moon"; break; | |
case 1: phase = "Waxing Crescent Moon"; break; | |
case 2: phase = "Quarter Moon"; break; | |
case 3: phase = "Waxing Gibbous Moon"; break; | |
case 4: phase = "Full Moon"; break; | |
case 5: phase = "Waning Gibbous Moon"; break; | |
case 6: phase = "Last Quarter Moon"; | |
case 7: phase = "Waning Crescent Moon"; break; | |
} | |
return phase; | |
} | |
//document.write(moon_phase(new Date(Date.now()))) |
There should be a break
after the sixth case; this will never return 'Last Quarter Moon'.
Doesn't work for me
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Today 27/09/2021 it returns:
8 - Waning Crescent Moon
when it is actually a Waning Gibbous.