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- /****************************************************************************
- moon.c
-
- Phase of the Moon. Calculates the current phase of the moon.
- Based on routines from `Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator',
- by Duffett-Smith.
- Comments give the section from the book that particular piece
- of code was adapted from.
-
- -- Keith E. Brandt VIII 1984
-
- ****************************************************************************/
-
- # include "moontx.h"
-
- struct tm *gmtime();
-
- moontxt(buf)
- char buf[];
- {
- char *cp=buf;
-
- double dtor();
- double potm();
-
- long *lo = (long *) calloc (1, sizeof(long)); /* used by time calls */
- struct tm *pt; /* ptr to time structure */
-
- double days; /* days since EPOCH */
- double phase; /* percent of lunar surface illuminated */
- double phase2; /* percent of lunar surface illuminated one day later */
- int i = EPOCH;
-
- time (lo); /* get system time */
- pt = gmtime(lo); /* get ptr to gmt time struct */
- cfree(lo);
-
- /* calculate days since EPOCH */
- days = (pt->tm_yday +1.0) + ((pt->tm_hour + (pt->tm_min / 60.0)
- + (pt->tm_sec / 3600.0)) / 24.0);
- while (i < pt->tm_year + 1900)
- days = days + 365 + ly(i++);
-
- phase = potm(days);
- sprintf(cp,"The Moon is ");
- cp += strlen(buf);
- if ((int)(phase + .5) == 100) {
- sprintf(cp,"Full");
- }
- else if ((int)(phase + 0.5) == 0)
- sprintf(cp,"New");
- else if ((int)(phase + 0.5) == 50) {
- phase2 = potm(++days);
- if (phase2 > phase)
- sprintf(cp,"at the First Quarter");
- else
- sprintf(cp,"at the Last Quarter");
- }
- else if ((int)(phase + 0.5) > 50) {
- phase2 = potm(++days);
- if (phase2 > phase)
- sprintf(cp,"Waxing ");
- else
- sprintf(cp,"Waning ");
- cp = buf + strlen(buf);
- sprintf(cp,"Gibbous (%1.0f%% of Full)", phase);
- }
- else if ((int)(phase + 0.5) < 50) {
- phase2 = potm(++days);
- if (phase2 > phase)
- sprintf(cp,"Waxing ");
- else
- sprintf(cp,"Waning ");
- cp = buf + strlen(buf);
- sprintf(cp,"Crescent (%1.0f%% of Full)", phase);
- }
- }
-
- double potm(days)
- double days;
- {
- double N;
- double Msol;
- double Ec;
- double LambdaSol;
- double l;
- double Mm;
- double Ev;
- double Ac;
- double A3;
- double Mmprime;
- double A4;
- double lprime;
- double V;
- double ldprime;
- double D;
- double Nm;
-
- N = 360 * days / 365.2422; /* sec 42 #3 */
- adj360(&N);
-
- Msol = N + EPSILONg - RHOg; /* sec 42 #4 */
- adj360(&Msol);
-
- Ec = 360 / PI * e * sin(dtor(Msol)); /* sec 42 #5 */
-
- LambdaSol = N + Ec + EPSILONg; /* sec 42 #6 */
- adj360(&LambdaSol);
-
- l = 13.1763966 * days + lzero; /* sec 61 #4 */
- adj360(&l);
-
- Mm = l - (0.1114041 * days) - Pzero; /* sec 61 #5 */
- adj360(&Mm);
-
- Nm = Nzero - (0.0529539 * days); /* sec 61 #6 */
- adj360(&Nm);
-
- Ev = 1.2739 * sin(dtor(2*(l - LambdaSol) - Mm)); /* sec 61 #7 */
-
- Ac = 0.1858 * sin(dtor(Msol)); /* sec 61 #8 */
- A3 = 0.37 * sin(dtor(Msol));
-
- Mmprime = Mm + Ev - Ac - A3; /* sec 61 #9 */
-
- Ec = 6.2886 * sin(dtor(Mmprime)); /* sec 61 #10 */
-
- A4 = 0.214 * sin(dtor(2 * Mmprime)); /* sec 61 #11 */
-
- lprime = l + Ev + Ec - Ac + A4; /* sec 61 #12 */
-
- V = 0.6583 * sin(dtor(2 * (lprime - LambdaSol))); /* sec 61 #13 */
-
- ldprime = lprime + V; /* sec 61 #14 */
-
- D = ldprime - LambdaSol; /* sec 63 #2 */
-
- return (50 * (1 - cos(dtor(D)))); /* sec 63 #3 */
- }
-
- ly(yr)
- int yr;
- {
- /* returns 1 if leapyear, 0 otherwise */
- return (yr % 4 == 0 && yr % 100 != 0 || yr % 400 == 0);
- }
-
- double dtor(deg)
- double deg;
- {
- /* convert degrees to radians */
- return (deg * PI / 180.0);
- }
-
- adj360(deg)
- double *deg;
- {
- /* adjust value so 0 <= deg <= 360 */
- do if (*deg < 0.0)
- *deg += 360.0;
- else if (*deg > 360.0)
- *deg -= 360.0;
- while (*deg < 0.0 || *deg > 360.0);
- }
-