Calculation of Sun's Position in The Sky For Each Location On The Earth at Any Time of Day

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2016
SunPosition
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Time
zone
CO 2Emissions
Analemma
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GMT+5
Solstice
day
hour
17
minute
21
07
Default
DST
Mode: sun path
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sun path
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Distance
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sunposition
Elevation
Azimuth
latitude
longitude
17/09/201621:07|GMT5
37.04
279.93
9.7614634
N
79.9540115
E
twilight
Sunrise
Sunset
Azimuth
Sunrise
Azimuth
Sunset
twilight0.833
06:29:49
18:39:16
87.66
272.14
Civiltwilight6
06:08:49
19:00:13
86.75
273.03
Nauticaltwilight12
05:44:25
19:24:36
85.65
274.12
Astronomicaltwilight18
05:19:58
19:49:02
84.46
275.28
daylight
hh:mm:ss
diff.dd+1
diff.dd1
Noon
17/09/2016
12:09:27
00:00:33
00:00:31
12:34:32
Step(minute): 60
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Date:
17/09/2016|GMT5
coordinates:
9.7614634,79.9540115
location:
PannagamRd,Pannagam,Sri
Lanka
hour
Elevation
Azimuth
06:29:49
0.833
87.66
7:00:00
6.6
88.94
8:00:00
21.38
91.53
9:00:00
36.14
94.54
10:00:00
50.82
98.75
11:00:00
65.26
106.57
12:00:00
78.46
131.25
13:00:00
80.04
219.7
14:00:00
67.42
251.36
15:00:00
53.05
260.26
16:00:00
38.39
264.78
17:00:00
23.63
267.89
18:00:00
8.84
270.49
18:39:16
0.833
272.14
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Annualsunpath
coordinates: 9.7614634,79.9540115
year: 2016
DST:
(Daylightsavingtime[true|false])
Timezone: GMT+5
Step: 60
(GMTGreenwichMeanTime)
(minutes)
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Theexcelfilecontainthesunpathforoneyear,withstep(5,10,15,20,30,60min),forthemomentrestrictedasaresultofisjusttooheavyfortheserver.
ThefirstcolumncontainthedatetheotherscolumnscontainE=elevationA=azimuthandtime(from00:00to23:59).
FortheannualSunRiseSunSetCalendaradditionallyonexcelfileyoullbeabletousethislink:SunRiseSunSetCalendar
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Content
SunPosition
Sunchart
Daylight
Howtousethetoolmap
UseMode
Equationoftime
shadow
Sunpositionequation
Date
Format
Comment
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SunPosition
Calculationofsunspositionintheskyforeachlocationontheearthatanytimeofday.Azimuth,sunrisesunsetnoon,daylightandgraphsofthesolarpath.
SunriseandsunsetaredefinedastheinstantwhentheupperlimboftheSunsdiskisjusttouchingthehorizon,thiscorrespondstoanaltitudeof0.833degreesforthe
Sun.
Twilightisthetimeaftersunsetcharacterizedbyadiffuselight(byextensionthemorningtwilight,usetermaurora,dawnorsunrise).
Civiltwilightlapseoftimebetweensunsetandwhenthesunreachestheelevationheightof6,intheskyarevisibleonlyafewstarsandplanetsparticularlybright.
NauticaltwilightrepresentsthetimetheSuntakesapassfrom6to12belowthehorizon,inthisperiodaredistinguishedhorizonlineandthemainstars.
Astronomicaltwilightisthetimeintervalbetweensunsetandwhenthesunreaches18belowthehorizon,theskyisdark,ispossibletodistinguishthestarsuptothesixth
magnitude.
Nooninsolartimeoccurswhenthesunisatitshighestpointintheskyfortheday,anditiseitherduesouthorduenorthoftheobserverdependingonthelatitude.
Azimuthindicatesananglebetweenapointandareferenceplane.GenerallyistheangulardistanceofapointfromtheNorth.
Theheight,orElevation,istheangulardistanceofthehorizonapointonthecelestialsphere,measuredaspositiveiffacingtheZenith,andnegativeifdirectedtowards
theNadir.
Zenith,istheintersectionperpendiculartotheplaneofthehorizonpassingthroughtheobserverwiththevisiblecelestialhemisphereandisthepointabovetheheadof
theobserver.ThediametricallyoppositepointiscalledNadir.
Theknowledgeofthepositionofthesunandthedaylighthours,allowtoknowtheenergyradiatedfromtheSun(renewable)atthepointontheEarththatweare
examining.
Thesolarenergycanbeheatenginesproducedfromsolarpanelsorelectricalproducedbyphotovoltaicpanels.
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Sunchart
SunpathchartscanbeplottedeitherinCartesian(rectangular)orPolarcoordinates.
CartesiancoordinateswherethesolarelevationisplottedonXaxisandtheazimuthisplottedontheYaxis.
Polarcoordinatesarebasedonacirclewherethesolarelevationisreadonthevariousconcentriccircles,from0to90degrees,theazimuthistheanglegoingaround
thecirclefrom0to360degrees,thehorizonisrepresentedbytheoutermostcircle,attheperiphery.
Theazimuthangleindicatesthedirectionofthesuninthehorizontalplainfromagivenlocation.Northisdefinedtohaveanazimuthof0andsouthhasanazimuthof
180.
Thevarioustrajectoriesofthesunsintheskyareboundedbythoseofthe21stday(solstice)ofeachmonthfromDecember21untilJune21.
Weplotthetime,onthehour,forallhoursduringwhichthesunisinthechart.
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Daylight
Thelengthofdayisthetimeintervalbetweensunriseandsunset,sothetimeperiodinwhichwecanobservethedirectsunlight.
Thedurationdependsonthelatitude,thelongitude,altitudeabovesealevel(morehighandmoregreatthelengthofday)andobstacleshorizon.
Thealgorithmusesthealtitude0meters.
Thetransitionfromdaytonightisnotclearbeforeandafterthereisaperiodofscatteredlight(twilight),whereyoucanstillsee,thephenomenonisduetoreflection(down)
oflightbytheatmospherethatitsovertoourpointofobservation.
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Howtousethetoolmap
Search
allowsyousearchforthefollowing:
#Address(example:CentralParkWest,NewYork),(example:MacquarieSt,CircularQuayNSW2000,Australia)
#Geographicfeatures(example:torredipisa)(example:louvre)
#PlacesCities,towns,states,provinces,statesandcontinents(example:Berlin,Germany)
#Coordinates(example:41.38716,2.17010),(example:343643.56"58243.6"),(example:415324.72"N122932.64"E)
Mappancontrol
#Presstheuparrowonyourkeyboardtomovenorth
#Pressthedownarrowonyourkeyboardtomovesouth
#Presstherightarrowonyourkeyboardtomoveeast
#Presstheleftarrowonyourkeyboardtomovewest
Mapzoomcontrol
#Zoom:Click+tozoominonthecenterofthemap,clicktozoomout.
#ZoomsliderDragthezoomsliderupordowntozoominoroutincrementally
Coordinates
Thistextvisualizethecoordinatesreferringtothemarkeronthemap.
Address
Thistextvisualizetheaddressofthemarkeronthemap.
MAP
Thisareadisplaysthemap,searchresultsandmuchmore.
Leftclick
Setamarkeronthemapandupdatethevaluesinthetextfieldscoordinatesandaddress.
Doubleclick
Zoominonthecenterofthemap.
Rightclick
Openacontextmenu
#saveAsDefault
#ZoomInHere
#ZoomOutHere
#ClearMarkers
#Mode:PointDistancePolylineArea.SeehelpUseMode
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UseMode
Beforeselectingthemodeofuse:
1)Selectapointinthemap,cansetthiscentrebysearchonagivenaddressandcandragtheyellowbulbinthemaptoadjustwhereyouwant(forinstanceinyourgarden
tolatershowsunorshadowsdirections).
Tofindinthemap,thecoordinates(latitude,longitude),readtheguideHowtousethetoolmap.
2)Chooseadate&timeforyourcalculation.
3)Chooseyourlocaltimezone,caution:Mindtoselectthecorrecttime(summertimevswinter)accordingtoyourchosendate.
4)Clickexecutebutton.Youcanviewseveralsuncharts,accordingtotheoptionmodesyouselect.
Ifyouwanttosaveorchangeyourfavoritespointsgotothelink(afterthelogin)thenyoucanselectthemdirectlyfromthemap.
Sunpath
willdisplayayellowcroissantwith3importantcirclestheinnermostisthepathofthesunon21thJun(longestdaylightdurationoftheyear),whiletheoutermostisthe
sun'spathon21thDec(shortestdaylightdurationoftheyear),themidcircleisthesun'spathonyourchosendate.Theouterbluecircleasforcentreyourchosenlocation
andshowtheangularcoordinatesaroundwhichthesunrevolves.Ifyoufindthedisplaysuncharttoosmallortoobig,simplyzoominoroutandhitagainEXECUTE,itwill
thenregenerateachartaccordingtothenewzoomfactor.
Sunpath+rays
asitsnamesuggestsuperimposesunpath+sunrays
Point
byleftclickingonthemapappearsamarkerthatcontainthelatitude,longitudeandstreetaddressinformation,eachclickcreatesanewmarker.
Distance
byleftclickingonthemapappearsamarkerandalinefromthedefaultmarkertonewmarker,thenextclickremovetheoldmarkerandcreatesanew.Onthetoptextfield
youcanvisualizethedistancevaluebetweenthetwopoints,measuredinKm,mile(mi)orforshortdistancemeters(m),foot(ft).
Polyline
byleftclickingonthemapappearsamarkerandasegmentfromthepreviousmarkertonewmarker,allmarkerarelinkedwithsegmentfromthedefault.Onthetoptext
fieldyoucanvisualizethedistancevaluefromdefaulttothelastpoint,measuredinKm,mile(mi)orforshortdistancemeters(m),foot(ft).Thisisveryusefultocalculatethe
distanceofapathoftrekking,mountainbike,sport,freetime...
Area
Measuretheareaenclosedinthepolyline,theperimeteroftheareaandhighlightedthedirectionofthelastsegment.Allowsyoutodrawarectangleorapolygonalareaon
themap
Sunrays
Viewthemaptheheightanddirectionofsunrays(hourlysunrays),thesegmentsrepresentthenormalizedelevation(whenchangethezoom,hitagainEXECUTEbutton
toregeneratethesegmentsaccordingtothenewzoomfactor).
Shadow
Viewonmapthenormalizedshadowlength(whenchangethezoom,hitagainEXECUTEbuttontoregeneratethesegmentsaccordingtothenewzoomfactor)andthe
directionoftheshadowproducedbyanobstacle(180oppositeofsunrays),theformulais:shadowobjectlenght=objectheight/tan(sunelevationdegree).Usethistoolto
calculatethelenght.
Unitsofmeasurement
kmkilometers,mmeters,mimiles,ftfoot,nminauticalmiles.
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Equationoftime
ASimpleExpressionfortheEquationofTime:
n=dayoftheyear.
t=9.873sin(4/365.242(n81))7.655sin(2/365.242(n1))
|t=6:32[minute:seconds]|Date:17/09/2016|Changedata
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shadow
Thelengthoftheshadowmapisnormalized(changingwiththezoom),andthedirectionisoppositeazimuth.
Themeasurementofthelengthoftheshadowdependsontheheightoftheobstacleandtheelevationofthesun,theformulais:
lengthshadow=objectheight/tan(sunelevation).
shadowlenght
Height
1=
shadow
36.91
Azimuth
1
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Elevation
10 /tan
279.78
Sunpositionequation
ThecalculationofthepositionofthesunisbasedonequationsfromAstronomicalAlgorithms,byJ.J.Michalsky.
Accuracyof0.01deg,theobservedvaluesmayvaryfromcalculationsbecausetheydependby:atmosphericcomposition,temperature,pressureandotherconditions.
Toreducetheatmosphericrefractioninsunriseandsunset,weassume0.833degreeinthecalculatedvalue.
Thecalculatedresultsaren'tcertificated,thanyoucanuseforeducational,work,researchbutnotforlitigation.
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Date
YearMonthDay
Arethedate,thevaluesareselectablebycombo,thedefaultistoday.
Hour:Minute
Arethetime,thevaluesareselectablebycombo,thedefaultisnow.
TimezoneGMT
GreenwichMeanTime,identifiesthetimezoneofreferenceoftheEarth.Ifwedividethe360for24toobtaina24partsevery15longitude,inrealitytheareaisbounded
bynationalborders.
DST
Daylightsavingtime,clocksareadjustedforwardonehournearthestartofspringandareadjustedbackwardinautumn.
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Format
Valuerange
Validvalueforthelatitudearefrom90.0to90.0forthelongitudearefrom180.0to180.0,the+signshouldbeomitted,whiletheminussignisnotnecessaryifthere
isaradiocomponenttoselectthedirectionNSorWE(DegreeandDecimalformat).
Decimal
Youhavetoselectadirection(NSorWE)andinsertanumberfrom0to90forthelatitudeorfrom0to180forthelongitude(example45.12345).
Degree
Degreeformatiscomposedofdirection(NSorWE)andthreesetsofnumbersseparatebythesymbolsfordegrees(),minutes(),andseconds(").
Degreeisanintegervaluewithoutsign,from0to90forthelatitudeorfrom0to180forthelongitude.Minuteisanintegervaluewithoutsign,from0to59.Secondsisa
doublevaluewithoutsign,from0(or0.0000)to59.9999.
Coordinates
Coordinatesformatisthepairoflatitudeandlongitude,withsignminus()forthedirectionsouthlatitudeandwestlongitudeseparatebycommasymbol(,),heresome
example:
52.5163,13.3779
40.7682,73.9816
22.9708,43.1830
Searchonmap
Clickonsearch
save.
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toopenthewebpageEarthCoordinate,hereyouobtainthelatitudeandlongitudesimplybyclickingonthemap,andsavethevaluebythebutton
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