chaosmagpy.coordinate_utils.sun_position

chaosmagpy.coordinate_utils.sun_position(time)

Computes the sun’s position in longitude and colatitude at a given time (mjd2000).

It is accurate for years 1901 through 2099, to within 0.006 deg. Input shape is preserved.

Parameters:

timendarray, shape (…)

Time given as modified Julian date, i.e. with respect to the date 0h00 January 1, 2000 (mjd2000).

Returns:

thetandarray, shape (…)

Geocentric colatitude of sun’s position in degrees \([0^\circ, 180^\circ]\).

phindarray, shape (…)

Longitude (eastward positive) of sun’s position in degrees \((-180^\circ, 180^\circ]\).

References

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