/* ============================================================================= moontx.c -- Calculate the current phase of the moon. Version 2 -- 1989-01-10 -- D.N. Lynx Crowe Original code by Keith E. Brandt VIII 1984 Based on routines from "Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator", by Peter Duffett-Smith. Comments give the section of the book that particular piece of code was adapted from. ============================================================================= */ #define MAINPROG 1 #include "stdio.h" #ifdef VAX #include "sys/time.h" #else VAX #include "time.h" #endif VAX #include "math.h" #define EPOCH 1985 #define EPSILONg 279.611371 /* solar ecliptic long at EPOCH */ #define RHOg 282.680403 /* solar ecliptic long of perigee at EPOCH */ #define e 0.01671542 /* solar orbit eccentricity */ #define lzero 18.251907 /* lunar mean long at EPOCH */ #define Pzero 192.917585 /* lunar mean long of perigee at EPOCH */ #define Nzero 55.204723 /* lunar mean long of node at EPOCH */ #ifndef PI #define PI 3.141592654 #endif int 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); } 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 */ } moontxt(buf) char buf[]; { char *cp = buf; long *lo; /* used by time calls */ long curtime; 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; struct tm *pt; /* ptr to time structure */ lo = &curtime; 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); sprintf(cp,"The Moon is "); cp += strlen(buf); if ((int)(phase + .5) == 100) sprintf(cp,"Full"); else if ((int)(phase + 0.5) == 0) sprintf(cp,"New"); else if ((int)(phase + 0.5) == 50) { phase2 = potm(++days); if (phase2 > phase) sprintf(cp,"at the First Quarter"); else sprintf(cp,"at the Last Quarter"); } else if ((int)(phase + 0.5) > 50) { phase2 = potm(++days); if (phase2 > phase) sprintf(cp,"Waxing "); else sprintf(cp,"Waning "); cp = buf + strlen(buf); sprintf(cp,"Gibbous (%1.0f%% of Full)", phase); } else if ((int)(phase + 0.5) < 50) { phase2 = potm(++days); if (phase2 > phase) sprintf(cp,"Waxing "); else sprintf(cp,"Waning "); cp = buf + strlen(buf); sprintf(cp,"Crescent (%1.0f%% of Full)", phase); } } #if MAINPROG char mstring[128]; main() { long curtime; moontxt(mstring); time(&curtime); printf("%s", ctime(&curtime)); printf("%s\n", mstring); } #endif