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--!native | |
--!strict | |
-- Source of calculations: https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/calcdetails.html | |
export type SolarData = { | |
JulianDay: number, | |
JulianCentury: number, | |
GeometricMeanLongitudeSunDeg: number, | |
GeometricMeanAnomSunDeg: number, | |
EccentricEarthOrbit: number, | |
SunEqOfCenter: number, | |
SunTrueLongitudeDeg: number, | |
SunTrueAnomDeg: number, | |
SunRadVectorAus: number, | |
SunAppLongDeg: number, | |
MeanObliqueEclipticDeg: number, | |
ObliqueCorrectionDeg: number, | |
SunRtAscentDeg: number, | |
SunDeclineDeg: number, | |
EqOfTimeMinutes: number, | |
HASunriseDeg: number, | |
SolarNoon: DateTime, | |
SunriseTime: DateTime, | |
SunsetTime: DateTime, | |
SunlightDuration: number, | |
TrueSolarTime: number, | |
HourAngleDeg: number, | |
SolarZenithAngleDeg: number, | |
SolarElevationAngleDeg: number, | |
ApproxAtmosphericRefractionDeg: number, | |
SolarElevationCorrectedForAtmosphericRefractionDeg: number, | |
SolarAzimuthAngleDegreeClockwiseFromNorth: number, | |
} | |
export type SunriseSunsetData = { | |
SunriseTime: DateTime, | |
SunsetTime: DateTime, | |
} | |
type DateTimeInfo = { | |
Year: number, | |
Month: number, | |
Day: number, | |
UTCOffset: number, -- UTC east offset in seconds (e.g. EST-5 would be -7200) | |
} | |
local function calculateSolarData(date: DateTimeInfo, lat: number, lon: number): SolarData | |
-- Calculation source: https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/calcdetails.html | |
local timezoneOffset = date.UTCOffset / 3600 | |
local t = DateTime.fromLocal(date.Year, date.Month, date.Day) | |
-- Letters below indicate the spreadsheet column in the calculation source above | |
-- E | |
local timePastLocalMidnight = 0.5 | |
-- F | |
local julianDay = t.Timestamp / 86400 + 2440587.5 + 0.5 | |
-- G | |
local julianCentury = (julianDay - 2451545) / 36525 | |
-- I | |
local geomMeanLongSunDeg = (280.46646 + julianCentury * (36000.76983 + julianCentury * 0.0003032)) % 360 | |
-- J | |
local geomMeanAnomSunDeg = 357.52911 + julianCentury * (35999.05029 - 0.0001537 * julianCentury) | |
-- K | |
local eccentEarthOrbit = 0.016708634 - julianCentury * (0.000042037 + 0.0000001267 * julianCentury) | |
-- L | |
local sunEqOfCtr = math.sin(math.rad(geomMeanAnomSunDeg)) | |
* (1.914602 - julianCentury * (0.004817 + 0.000014 * julianCentury)) | |
+ math.sin(math.rad(2.0 * geomMeanAnomSunDeg)) * (0.019993 - 0.000101 * julianCentury) | |
+ math.sin(math.rad(3.0 * geomMeanAnomSunDeg)) * 0.000289 | |
-- M | |
local sunTrueLongDeg = geomMeanLongSunDeg + sunEqOfCtr | |
-- N | |
local sunTrueAnomDeg = geomMeanAnomSunDeg + sunEqOfCtr | |
-- O | |
local sunRadVectorAus = (1.000001018 * (1 - eccentEarthOrbit * eccentEarthOrbit)) | |
/ (1 + eccentEarthOrbit * math.cos(math.rad(sunTrueAnomDeg))) | |
-- P | |
local sunAppLongDeg = sunTrueLongDeg - 0.00569 - 0.00478 * math.sin(math.rad(125.04 - 1934.136 * julianCentury)) | |
-- Q | |
local meanObliqEclipticDeg = 23 | |
+ (26 + (21.448 - julianCentury * (46.815 + julianCentury * (0.00059 - julianCentury * 0.001813))) / 60) | |
/ 60 | |
-- R | |
local obliqCorrDeg = meanObliqEclipticDeg + 0.00256 * math.cos(math.rad(125.04 - 1934.136 * julianCentury)) | |
-- S | |
local sunRtAscentDeg = math.deg( | |
math.atan2( | |
math.cos(math.rad(obliqCorrDeg)) * math.sin(math.rad(sunAppLongDeg)), | |
math.cos(math.rad(sunAppLongDeg)) | |
) | |
) | |
-- T | |
local sunDeclinDeg = math.deg(math.asin(math.sin(math.rad(obliqCorrDeg)) * math.sin(math.rad(sunAppLongDeg)))) | |
-- U | |
local varY = math.tan(math.rad(obliqCorrDeg / 2)) * math.tan(math.rad(obliqCorrDeg / 2)) | |
-- V | |
local eqOfTimeMinutes = 4 | |
* math.deg( | |
varY * math.sin(2 * math.rad(geomMeanLongSunDeg)) | |
- 2 * eccentEarthOrbit * math.sin(math.rad(geomMeanAnomSunDeg)) | |
+ 4 * eccentEarthOrbit * varY * math.sin(math.rad(geomMeanAnomSunDeg)) * math.cos( | |
2 * math.rad(geomMeanLongSunDeg) | |
) | |
- 0.5 * varY * varY * math.sin(4 * math.rad(geomMeanLongSunDeg)) | |
- 1.25 * eccentEarthOrbit * eccentEarthOrbit * math.sin(2 * math.rad(geomMeanAnomSunDeg)) | |
) | |
-- W | |
local haSunriseDeg = math.deg( | |
math.acos( | |
math.cos(math.rad(90.833)) / (math.cos(math.rad(lat)) * math.cos(math.rad(sunDeclinDeg))) | |
- math.tan(math.rad(lat)) * math.tan(math.rad(sunDeclinDeg)) | |
) | |
) | |
-- X | |
local solarNoon = (720 - 4 * lon - eqOfTimeMinutes + timezoneOffset * 60) / 1440 | |
-- Y | |
local sunriseTime = (solarNoon * 1440 - haSunriseDeg * 4) / 1440 | |
-- Z | |
local sunsetTime = (solarNoon * 1440 + haSunriseDeg * 4) / 1440 | |
-- AA | |
local sunlightDurationMinutes = 8 * haSunriseDeg | |
-- AB | |
local trueSolarTimeMinutes = (timePastLocalMidnight * 1440 + eqOfTimeMinutes + 4 * lon - 60 * timezoneOffset) % 1440 | |
-- AC | |
local hourAngleDeg: number | |
if trueSolarTimeMinutes / 4 < 0 then | |
hourAngleDeg = trueSolarTimeMinutes / 4 + 180 | |
else | |
hourAngleDeg = trueSolarTimeMinutes / 4 - 180 | |
end | |
-- AD | |
local solarZenithAngleDeg = math.deg( | |
math.acos( | |
math.sin(math.rad(lat)) * math.sin(math.rad(sunDeclinDeg)) | |
+ math.cos(math.rad(lat)) * math.cos(math.rad(sunDeclinDeg)) * math.cos(math.rad(hourAngleDeg)) | |
) | |
) | |
-- AE | |
local solarElevationAngleDeg = 90 - solarZenithAngleDeg | |
-- AF | |
local approxAtmosphericRefractionDeg: number | |
if solarElevationAngleDeg > 85 then | |
approxAtmosphericRefractionDeg = 0 | |
elseif solarElevationAngleDeg > 5 then | |
approxAtmosphericRefractionDeg = 58.1 / math.tan(math.rad(solarElevationAngleDeg)) | |
- 0.07 / math.pow(math.tan(math.rad(solarElevationAngleDeg)), 3) | |
+ 0.000086 / math.pow(math.tan(math.rad(solarElevationAngleDeg)), 5) | |
elseif solarElevationAngleDeg > -0.575 then | |
approxAtmosphericRefractionDeg = 1735 | |
+ solarElevationAngleDeg | |
* (-518.2 + solarElevationAngleDeg * (103.4 + solarElevationAngleDeg * (-12.79 + solarElevationAngleDeg * 0.711))) | |
else | |
approxAtmosphericRefractionDeg = -20.772 / math.tan(math.rad(solarElevationAngleDeg)) | |
end | |
approxAtmosphericRefractionDeg /= 3600 | |
-- AG | |
local solarElevationCorrectedForAtmRefractionDeg = solarElevationAngleDeg + approxAtmosphericRefractionDeg | |
-- AH | |
local solarAzimuthAngleDegCwFromNorth: number | |
if hourAngleDeg > 0 then | |
solarAzimuthAngleDegCwFromNorth = math.deg( | |
math.acos( | |
((math.sin(math.rad(lat)) * math.cos(math.rad(solarZenithAngleDeg))) - math.sin(math.rad(sunDeclinDeg))) | |
/ (math.cos(math.rad(lat)) * math.sin(math.rad(solarZenithAngleDeg))) | |
) | |
) + 180 | |
else | |
solarAzimuthAngleDegCwFromNorth = 540 | |
- math.deg( | |
math.acos( | |
( | |
(math.sin(math.rad(lat)) * math.cos(math.rad(solarZenithAngleDeg))) | |
- math.sin(math.rad(sunDeclinDeg)) | |
) / (math.cos(math.rad(lat)) * math.sin(math.rad(solarZenithAngleDeg))) | |
) | |
) | |
end | |
solarAzimuthAngleDegCwFromNorth %= 360 | |
return table.freeze({ | |
JulianDay = julianDay, | |
JulianCentury = julianCentury, | |
GeometricMeanLongitudeSunDeg = geomMeanLongSunDeg, | |
GeometricMeanAnomSunDeg = geomMeanAnomSunDeg, | |
EccentricEarthOrbit = eccentEarthOrbit, | |
SunEqOfCenter = sunEqOfCtr, | |
SunTrueLongitudeDeg = sunTrueLongDeg, | |
SunTrueAnomDeg = sunTrueAnomDeg, | |
SunRadVectorAus = sunRadVectorAus, | |
SunAppLongDeg = sunAppLongDeg, | |
MeanObliqueEclipticDeg = meanObliqEclipticDeg, | |
ObliqueCorrectionDeg = obliqCorrDeg, | |
SunRtAscentDeg = sunRtAscentDeg, | |
SunDeclineDeg = sunDeclinDeg, | |
EqOfTimeMinutes = eqOfTimeMinutes, | |
HASunriseDeg = haSunriseDeg, | |
SolarNoon = DateTime.fromTimestamp(t.Timestamp + solarNoon * 86400), | |
SunriseTime = DateTime.fromTimestamp(t.Timestamp + sunriseTime * 86400), | |
SunsetTime = DateTime.fromTimestamp(t.Timestamp + sunsetTime * 86400), | |
SunlightDuration = sunlightDurationMinutes, | |
TrueSolarTime = trueSolarTimeMinutes, | |
HourAngleDeg = hourAngleDeg, | |
SolarZenithAngleDeg = solarZenithAngleDeg, | |
SolarElevationAngleDeg = solarElevationAngleDeg, | |
ApproxAtmosphericRefractionDeg = approxAtmosphericRefractionDeg, | |
SolarElevationCorrectedForAtmosphericRefractionDeg = solarElevationCorrectedForAtmRefractionDeg, | |
SolarAzimuthAngleDegreeClockwiseFromNorth = solarAzimuthAngleDegCwFromNorth, | |
}) | |
end | |
return { | |
calculateSolarData = calculateSolarData, | |
} |
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