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- /****************************************************************************
- pom.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 <stdio.h>
- #include <sys/time.h>
- #include <math.h>
- #define PI 3.141592654
- #define EPOCH 1983
- #define EPSILONg 279.103035 /* solar ecliptic long at EPOCH */
- #define RHOg 282.648015 /* solar ecliptic long of perigee at EPOCH */
- #define e 0.01671626 /* solar orbit eccentricity */
- #define lzero 106.306091 /* lunar mean long at EPOCH */
- #define Pzero 111.481526 /* lunar mean long of perigee at EPOCH */
- #define Nzero 93.913033 /* lunar mean long of node at EPOCH */
-
- main() {
-
- double dtor();
- double adj360();
- double potm();
- int i_phase;
-
- long * calloc();
- long *lo = 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 */
-
- /* calculate days since EPOCH */
- days = (pt->tm_yday +1) + ((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);
- printf("The Moon is ");
-
- i_phase = phase + 0.5;
-
-
- if (i_phase == 100) {
- printf("Full\n");
- } else {
- if (i_phase == 0)
- printf("New\n");
- else {
- if (i_phase == 50) {
- phase2 = potm(++days);
- if (phase2 > phase)
- printf("at the First Quarter\n");
- else
- printf("at the Last Quarter\n");
- } else {
- if (i_phase > 50) {
- phase2 = potm(++days);
- if (phase2 > phase)
- printf("Waxing ");
- else
- printf("Waning ");
- printf("Gibbous (%1.0f%% of Full)\n", phase);
- } else {
- if (i_phase < 50) {
- phase2 = potm(++days);
- if (phase2 > phase)
- printf("Waxing ");
- else
- printf("Waning ");
- printf("Crescent (%1.0f%% of Full)\n", 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);
- }
-
- double adj360(deg)
- double *deg;
- {
- /* adjust value so 0 <= deg <= 360 */
- do if (*deg < 0)
- *deg += 360;
- else if (*deg > 360)
- *deg -= 360;
- while (*deg < 0 || *deg > 360);
- }
-