sunpos.cpp

// This file is available in electronic form at http://www.psa.es/sdg/sunpos.htm

#include "sunpos.h"
#include <math.h>

void sunpos(cTime udtTime,cLocation udtLocation, cSunCoordinates *udtSunCoordinates)
{
	// Main variables
	double dElapsedJulianDays;
	double dDecimalHours;
	double dEclipticLongitude;
	double dEclipticObliquity;
	double dRightAscension;
	double dDeclination;

	// Auxiliary variables
	double dY;
	double dX;

	// Calculate difference in days between the current Julian Day 
	// and JD 2451545.0, which is noon 1 January 2000 Universal Time
	{
		double dJulianDate;
		long int liAux1;
		long int liAux2;
		// Calculate time of the day in UT decimal hours
		dDecimalHours = udtTime.dHours + (udtTime.dMinutes 
			+ udtTime.dSeconds / 60.0 ) / 60.0;
		// Calculate current Julian Day
		liAux1 =(udtTime.iMonth-14)/12;
		liAux2=(1461*(udtTime.iYear + 4800 + liAux1))/4 + (367*(udtTime.iMonth 
			- 2-12*liAux1))/12- (3*((udtTime.iYear + 4900 
		+ liAux1)/100))/4+udtTime.iDay-32075;
		dJulianDate=(double)(liAux2)-0.5+dDecimalHours/24.0;
		// Calculate difference between current Julian Day and JD 2451545.0 
		dElapsedJulianDays = dJulianDate-2451545.0;
	}

	// Calculate ecliptic coordinates (ecliptic longitude and obliquity of the 
	// ecliptic in radians but without limiting the angle to be less than 2*Pi 
	// (i.e., the result may be greater than 2*Pi)
	{
		double dMeanLongitude;
		double dMeanAnomaly;
		double dOmega;
		dOmega=2.1429-0.0010394594*dElapsedJulianDays;
		dMeanLongitude = 4.8950630+ 0.017202791698*dElapsedJulianDays; // Radians
		dMeanAnomaly = 6.2400600+ 0.0172019699*dElapsedJulianDays;
		dEclipticLongitude = dMeanLongitude + 0.03341607*sin( dMeanAnomaly ) 
			+ 0.00034894*sin( 2*dMeanAnomaly )-0.0001134
			-0.0000203*sin(dOmega);
		dEclipticObliquity = 0.4090928 - 6.2140e-9*dElapsedJulianDays
			+0.0000396*cos(dOmega);
	}

	// Calculate celestial coordinates ( right ascension and declination ) in radians 
	// but without limiting the angle to be less than 2*Pi (i.e., the result may be 
	// greater than 2*Pi)
	{
		double dSin_EclipticLongitude;
		dSin_EclipticLongitude= sin( dEclipticLongitude );
		dY = cos( dEclipticObliquity ) * dSin_EclipticLongitude;
		dX = cos( dEclipticLongitude );
		dRightAscension = atan2( dY,dX );
		if( dRightAscension < 0.0 ) dRightAscension = dRightAscension + twopi;
		dDeclination = asin( sin( dEclipticObliquity )*dSin_EclipticLongitude );
	}

	// Calculate local coordinates ( azimuth and zenith angle ) in degrees
	{
		double dGreenwichMeanSiderealTime;
		double dLocalMeanSiderealTime;
		double dLatitudeInRadians;
		double dHourAngle;
		double dCos_Latitude;
		double dSin_Latitude;
		double dCos_HourAngle;
		double dParallax;
		dGreenwichMeanSiderealTime = 6.6974243242 + 
			0.0657098283*dElapsedJulianDays 
			+ dDecimalHours;
		dLocalMeanSiderealTime = (dGreenwichMeanSiderealTime*15 
			+ udtLocation.dLongitude)*rad;
		dHourAngle = dLocalMeanSiderealTime - dRightAscension;
		dLatitudeInRadians = udtLocation.dLatitude*rad;
		dCos_Latitude = cos( dLatitudeInRadians );
		dSin_Latitude = sin( dLatitudeInRadians );
		dCos_HourAngle= cos( dHourAngle );
		udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle = (acos( dCos_Latitude*dCos_HourAngle
			*cos(dDeclination) + sin( dDeclination )*dSin_Latitude));
		dY = -sin( dHourAngle );
		dX = tan( dDeclination )*dCos_Latitude - dSin_Latitude*dCos_HourAngle;
		udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth = atan2( dY, dX );
		if ( udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth < 0.0 ) 
			udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth = udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth + twopi;
		udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth = udtSunCoordinates->dAzimuth/rad;
		// Parallax Correction
		dParallax=(dEarthMeanRadius/dAstronomicalUnit)
			*sin(udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle);
		udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle=(udtSunCoordinates->dZenithAngle 
			+ dParallax)/rad;
	}
}