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Module solarposition

Module solarposition 

Source

Structs§

SolarPosition
Output of the solar position calculation.
SunRiseSetTransit
Result of geometric sunrise/sunset/transit calculation.

Functions§

declination_cooper69
Solar declination in radians using Cooper (1969).
declination_spencer71
Solar declination in radians using Spencer (1971) Fourier series.
equation_of_time_pvcdrom
Equation of time in minutes from PVCDROM / PV Education.
equation_of_time_spencer71
Equation of time in minutes using Spencer (1971) / Iqbal (1983) Fourier series.
get_solarposition
Calculate the solar position for a given location and time. This uses the NREL SPA (Solar Position Algorithm).
hour_angle
Hour angle in degrees.
nrel_earthsun_distance
Earth-sun distance in AU using Spencer (1971).
solar_azimuth_analytical
Solar azimuth angle in radians from analytical spherical trigonometry.
solar_zenith_analytical
Solar zenith angle in radians from analytical spherical trigonometry.
sun_rise_set_transit_geometric
Geometric calculation of sunrise, sunset, and transit times.