note 47839 added to function.date-sunrise
| From: | djwiceat | Date: | Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:41:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 47839 added to function.date-sunrise | ||
| Groups: | php.notes | ||
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The way to use this:
<?php
// De Bilt, The Netherlands, weather station #06260
$lat = 52.10; // North
$long = 5.18; // East
$offset = 1; // difference between GMT and local time in hours
$zenith=90+50/60;
echo "<br><p>Sunrise: ".date_sunrise(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, $lat, $long,
$zenith, $offset);
echo "<br>Sunset: ".date_sunset(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, $lat, $long, $zenith,
$offset);
$zenith=96;
echo "<br><p>Civilian Twilight start: ".date_sunrise(time(),
SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, $lat, $long, $zenith, $offset);
echo "<br>Civilian Twilight end: ".date_sunset(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, $lat,
$long, $zenith, $offset);
$zenith=102;
echo "<br><p>Nautical Twilight start: ".date_sunrise(time(),
SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, $lat, $long, $zenith, $offset);
echo "<br>Nautical Twilight end: ".date_sunset(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, $lat,
$long, $zenith, $offset);
$zenith=108;
echo "<br><p>Astronomical Twilight start: ".date_sunrise(time(),
SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, $lat, $long, $zenith, $offset);
echo "<br>Astronomical Twilight end: ".date_sunset(time(), SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING,
$lat, $long, $zenith, $offset);
?>
Zenith according to the U.S. Navy's 1990 Almanac for Computers.
Thanks to George King.
More sources about this topic:
http://www.qarlos.free.fr/navegacion/Sextante/formulas.htm
http://williams.best.vwh.net/sunrise_sunset_algorithm.htm
http://www.kevinboone.com/suntimes.html
http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~fv/webnotes/chapt12.htm
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