# -*- python -*- ''' xpybar – xmobar replacement written in python Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Mattias Andrée (maandree@kth.se) This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see . ''' import math import time class Lunar: ''' Lunar observation @variable fraction:float The phase of the moon increasing linearly. 0 on new moon, 0,5 on full moon. ]0, 0,5[ when waxing and ]0m5, 1[ when waning. @variable waxing:bool `True` when moon is waxing (increasing illumination) and `False` when waning (decreasing). Not well defined on new moon (fraction = 0, illumination = 0) and full moon (fraction = 0,5, illumination = 1). @variable terminator:float The latitude, as seen from the northern hemisphere on Earth, of the terminator. The terminator is the line delimiting the sunlit area and the dark area. @variable illumination:float The illumnation of the moon, the fraction of the visible side's area that is sunlit ''' REFERENCE_NEW_MOON = 934329600 # 11 August 1999 00:00:00 UTC ''' :float Time of last known new moon, in POSIX time ''' SYNODIC_MONTH = 29.530588853 ''' :float The length of a lunar month, in days ''' def __init__(self): ''' Constructor ''' julian_day = lambda t : t / 86400.0 + 2440587.5 radians = lambda deg : deg * math.pi / 180 hacoversin = lambda deg : 0.5 - math.sin(radians(deg)) / 2 ref = julian_day(Lunar.REFERENCE_NEW_MOON) now = julian_day(time.time()) # TODO how to we calculate the Moon's apparent geocentric celestial longitude self.fraction = ((now - ref) / Lunar.SYNODIC_MONTH) % 1 self.waxing = self.fraction <= 0.5 # we get an off by one without equality self.terminator = 90 - 360 * self.fraction # sunlit trailing if self.terminator < -90: self.terminator += 180 # visible side inverted = self.terminator < 0 self.illumination = hacoversin(abs(self.terminator)) if (not self.waxing) != inverted: self.illumination = 1 - self.illumination # TODO add libration # TODO add phase names # TODO add solar and lunar eclipses # TODO add position of sunlit area # TODO add tides # TODO add blue moon # TODO add black moon # TODO add moon colour # TODO add altitude # TODO add azimuth # TODO add zodiac sign # TODO add distances # TODO add angular diameters