[sci.space.shuttle] Sun position formula wanted

keithley@apple.com (Craig J. Keithley) (04/25/91)

I need to be able to calculate the current "high noon" position of the
sun, given the date and time (GMT).

What I'd like is a formula that accepts the date and time and returns
the location on the earth (in lat/lon) that the sun is overhead. Of
course, I could also work with C source...

Please respond via email


Thanks,                   

Craig Keithley
keithley@apple.com
[standard disclaimers apply!] 

ebergman@isis.cs.du.edu (Eric Bergman-Terrell) (04/25/91)

I've written software to compute solar ephemerides, but from your posting
I wonder if that's what you really want...

There is a protractor used in solar architecture that may meet your needs
(once again, depending on what those needs are).  Anyway check out some
books on solar architecture...

Terrell