1 ;;; lunar.el --- calendar functions for phases of the moon
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1992-1993, 1995, 1997, 2001-2012
4 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: Edward M. Reingold <reingold@cs.uiuc.edu>
7 ;; Maintainer: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
9 ;; Human-Keywords: moon, lunar phases, calendar, diary
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31 ;; Based on ``Astronomical Formulae for Calculators,'' 3rd ed., by Jean Meeus,
32 ;; Willmann-Bell, Inc., 1985 and ``Astronomical Algorithms'' by Jean Meeus,
33 ;; Willmann-Bell, Inc., 1991.
35 ;; WARNING: The calculations will be accurate only to within a few minutes.
37 ;; The author would be delighted to have an astronomically more sophisticated
38 ;; person rewrite the code for the lunar calculations in this file!
45 ;; calendar-astro-to-absolute and v versa are cal-autoloads.
46 ;;;(require 'cal-julian)
48 (defcustom lunar-phase-names
49 '("New Moon" "First Quarter Moon" "Full Moon" "Last Quarter Moon")
50 "List of names for the lunar phases."
52 (string :tag
"New Moon")
53 (string :tag
"First Quarter Moon")
54 (string :tag
"Full Moon")
55 (string :tag
"Last Quarter Moon"))
59 (defun lunar-phase (index)
60 "Local date and time of lunar phase INDEX.
61 Integer below INDEX/4 gives the lunation number, counting from Jan 1, 1900;
62 remainder mod 4 gives the phase: 0 new moon, 1 first quarter, 2 full moon,
63 3 last quarter. Returns a list (DATE TIME PHASE)."
64 (let* ((phase (mod index
4))
66 (time (/ index
1236.85))
67 (date (+ (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian '(1 0.5 1900))
69 (* 29.53058868 index
) ; FIXME 29.530588853?
70 (* 0.0001178 time time
)
71 (* -
0.000000155 time time time
)
73 (solar-sin-degrees (+ 166.56
75 (* -
0.009173 time time
))))))
79 (* -
0.0000333 time time
)
80 (* -
0.00000347 time time time
))
84 (* 385.81691806 index
)
85 (* 0.0107306 time time
)
86 (* 0.00001236 time time time
))
90 (* 390.67050646 index
)
91 (* -
0.0016528 time time
)
92 (* -
0.00000239 time time time
))
95 (if (memq phase
'(0 2))
96 (+ (* (- 0.1734 (* 0.000393 time
))
97 (solar-sin-degrees sun-anomaly
))
98 (* 0.0021 (solar-sin-degrees (* 2 sun-anomaly
)))
99 (* -
0.4068 (solar-sin-degrees moon-anomaly
))
100 (* 0.0161 (solar-sin-degrees (* 2 moon-anomaly
)))
101 (* -
0.0004 (solar-sin-degrees (* 3 moon-anomaly
)))
102 (* 0.0104 (solar-sin-degrees (* 2 moon-lat
)))
103 (* -
0.0051 (solar-sin-degrees (+ sun-anomaly moon-anomaly
)))
104 (* -
0.0074 (solar-sin-degrees (- sun-anomaly moon-anomaly
)))
105 (* 0.0004 (solar-sin-degrees (+ (* 2 moon-lat
) sun-anomaly
)))
106 (* -
0.0004 (solar-sin-degrees (- (* 2 moon-lat
) sun-anomaly
)))
107 (* -
0.0006 (solar-sin-degrees
108 (+ (* 2 moon-lat
) moon-anomaly
)))
109 (* 0.0010 (solar-sin-degrees (- (* 2 moon-lat
) moon-anomaly
)))
110 (* 0.0005 (solar-sin-degrees
111 (+ (* 2 moon-anomaly
) sun-anomaly
))))
112 (+ (* (- 0.1721 (* 0.0004 time
))
113 (solar-sin-degrees sun-anomaly
))
114 (* 0.0021 (solar-sin-degrees (* 2 sun-anomaly
)))
115 (* -
0.6280 (solar-sin-degrees moon-anomaly
))
116 (* 0.0089 (solar-sin-degrees (* 2 moon-anomaly
)))
117 (* -
0.0004 (solar-sin-degrees (* 3 moon-anomaly
)))
118 (* 0.0079 (solar-sin-degrees (* 2 moon-lat
)))
119 (* -
0.0119 (solar-sin-degrees (+ sun-anomaly moon-anomaly
)))
120 (* -
0.0047 (solar-sin-degrees (- sun-anomaly moon-anomaly
)))
121 (* 0.0003 (solar-sin-degrees (+ (* 2 moon-lat
) sun-anomaly
)))
122 (* -
0.0004 (solar-sin-degrees (- (* 2 moon-lat
) sun-anomaly
)))
123 (* -
0.0006 (solar-sin-degrees (+ (* 2 moon-lat
) moon-anomaly
)))
124 (* 0.0021 (solar-sin-degrees (- (* 2 moon-lat
) moon-anomaly
)))
125 (* 0.0003 (solar-sin-degrees
126 (+ (* 2 moon-anomaly
) sun-anomaly
)))
127 (* 0.0004 (solar-sin-degrees
128 (- sun-anomaly
(* 2 moon-anomaly
))))
129 (* -
0.0003 (solar-sin-degrees
130 (+ (* 2 sun-anomaly
) moon-anomaly
))))))
132 (* -
0.0004 (solar-cosine-degrees
134 (* 0.0003 (solar-cosine-degrees
136 (adjustment (cond ((= phase
1) (+ adjustment adj
))
137 ((= phase
2) (- adjustment adj
))
139 (date (+ date adjustment
))
140 (date (+ date
(/ (- calendar-time-zone
141 (solar-ephemeris-correction
142 (calendar-extract-year
143 (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
146 (time (* 24 (- date
(truncate date
))))
147 (date (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (truncate date
)))
148 (adj (dst-adjust-time date time
)))
149 (list (car adj
) (apply 'solar-time-string
(cdr adj
)) phase
)))
151 (defconst lunar-cycles-per-year
12.3685 ; 365.25/29.530588853
152 "Mean number of lunar cycles per 365.25 day year.")
154 ;; FIXME new-moon index; use in lunar-phase-list implies always below.
155 (defun lunar-index (date)
156 "Return the lunar index for Gregorian date DATE.
157 This is 4 times the approximate number of new moons since 1 Jan 1900.
158 The factor of 4 allows (mod INDEX 4) to represent the four quarters."
160 (* lunar-cycles-per-year
161 ;; Years since 1900, as a real.
162 (+ (calendar-extract-year date
)
163 (/ (calendar-day-number date
) 366.0)
166 (defun lunar-phase-list (month year
)
167 "List of lunar phases for three months starting with Gregorian MONTH, YEAR."
168 (let* ((index (lunar-index (list month
1 year
)))
169 (new-moon (lunar-phase index
))
170 (end-date (let ((end-month month
)
172 (calendar-increment-month end-month end-year
3)
173 (list (list end-month
1 end-year
))))
174 ;; Alternative for start-date:
175 ;;; (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
176 ;;; (1- (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian (list month 1 year))))
178 (calendar-increment-month month year -
1)
180 (calendar-last-day-of-month month year
)
183 (while (calendar-date-compare new-moon end-date
)
184 (if (calendar-date-compare start-date new-moon
)
185 (setq list
(append list
(list new-moon
))))
186 (setq index
(1+ index
)
187 new-moon
(lunar-phase index
)))
190 (defun lunar-phase-name (phase)
191 "Name of lunar PHASE.
192 0 = new moon, 1 = first quarter, 2 = full moon, 3 = last quarter."
193 (nth phase lunar-phase-names
))
195 (defvar displayed-month
) ; from calendar-generate
196 (defvar displayed-year
)
199 (defun calendar-lunar-phases (&optional event
)
200 "Create a buffer with the lunar phases for the current calendar window.
201 If EVENT is non-nil, it's an event indicating the buffer position to
202 use instead of point."
203 (interactive (list last-nonmenu-event
))
204 ;; If called from a menu, with the calendar window not selected.
206 (if event
(window-buffer (posn-window (event-start event
)))
208 (message "Computing phases of the moon...")
209 (let ((m1 displayed-month
)
213 (calendar-increment-month m1 y1 -
1)
214 (calendar-increment-month m2 y2
1)
215 (calendar-in-read-only-buffer lunar-phases-buffer
216 (calendar-set-mode-line
218 (format "Phases of the Moon from %s to %s, %d%%-"
219 (calendar-month-name m1
) (calendar-month-name m2
) y2
)
220 (format "Phases of the Moon from %s, %d to %s, %d%%-"
221 (calendar-month-name m1
) y1
(calendar-month-name m2
) y2
)))
225 (format "%s: %s %s" (calendar-date-string (car x
))
226 (lunar-phase-name (nth 2 x
))
228 (lunar-phase-list m1 y1
) "\n")))
229 (message "Computing phases of the moon...done"))))
232 (define-obsolete-function-alias 'calendar-phases-of-moon
233 'calendar-lunar-phases
"23.1")
236 (defun lunar-phases (&optional arg
)
237 "Display the quarters of the moon for last month, this month, and next month.
238 If called with an optional prefix argument ARG, prompts for month and year.
239 This function is suitable for execution in an init file."
242 (let* ((date (if arg
(calendar-read-date t
)
243 (calendar-current-date)))
244 (displayed-month (calendar-extract-month date
))
245 (displayed-year (calendar-extract-year date
)))
246 (calendar-lunar-phases))))
249 (define-obsolete-function-alias 'phases-of-moon
'lunar-phases
"23.1")
253 ;; To be called from diary-list-sexp-entries, where DATE is bound.
256 (defun diary-lunar-phases (&optional mark
)
257 "Moon phases diary entry.
258 An optional parameter MARK specifies a face or single-character string to
259 use when highlighting the day in the calendar."
260 (let* ((index (lunar-index date
))
261 (phase (lunar-phase index
)))
262 (while (calendar-date-compare phase
(list date
))
263 (setq index
(1+ index
)
264 phase
(lunar-phase index
)))
265 (if (calendar-date-equal (car phase
) date
)
266 (cons mark
(concat (lunar-phase-name (nth 2 phase
)) " "
270 (define-obsolete-function-alias 'diary-phases-of-moon
271 'diary-lunar-phases
"23.1")
273 ;; For the Chinese calendar the calculations for the new moon need to be more
274 ;; accurate than those above, so we use more terms in the approximation.
275 (defun lunar-new-moon-time (k)
276 "Astronomical (Julian) day number of K th new moon."
277 (let* ((T (/ k
1236.85))
281 (JDE (+ 2451550.09765
285 (* 0.00000000073 T4
)))
286 (E (- 1 (* 0.002516 T
) (* 0.0000074 T2
)))
287 (sun-anomaly (+ 2.5534
291 (moon-anomaly (+ 201.5643
295 (* -
0.000000058 T4
)))
296 (moon-argument (+ 160.7108
305 (A1 (+ 299.77 (* 0.107408 k
) (* -
0.009173 T2
)))
306 (A2 (+ 251.88 (* 0.016321 k
)))
307 (A3 (+ 251.83 (* 26.641886 k
)))
308 (A4 (+ 349.42 (* 36.412478 k
)))
309 (A5 (+ 84.66 (* 18.206239 k
)))
310 (A6 (+ 141.74 (* 53.303771 k
)))
311 (A7 (+ 207.14 (* 2.453732 k
)))
312 (A8 (+ 154.84 (* 7.306860 k
)))
313 (A9 (+ 34.52 (* 27.261239 k
)))
314 (A10 (+ 207.19 (* 0.121824 k
)))
315 (A11 (+ 291.34 (* 1.844379 k
)))
316 (A12 (+ 161.72 (* 24.198154 k
)))
317 (A13 (+ 239.56 (* 25.513099 k
)))
318 (A14 (+ 331.55 (* 3.592518 k
)))
320 (+ (* -
0.40720 (solar-sin-degrees moon-anomaly
))
321 (* 0.17241 E
(solar-sin-degrees sun-anomaly
))
322 (* 0.01608 (solar-sin-degrees (* 2 moon-anomaly
)))
323 (* 0.01039 (solar-sin-degrees (* 2 moon-argument
)))
324 (* 0.00739 E
(solar-sin-degrees (- moon-anomaly sun-anomaly
)))
325 (* -
0.00514 E
(solar-sin-degrees (+ moon-anomaly sun-anomaly
)))
326 (* 0.00208 E E
(solar-sin-degrees (* 2 sun-anomaly
)))
327 (* -
0.00111 (solar-sin-degrees
328 (- moon-anomaly
(* 2 moon-argument
))))
329 (* -
0.00057 (solar-sin-degrees
330 (+ moon-anomaly
(* 2 moon-argument
))))
331 (* 0.00056 E
(solar-sin-degrees
332 (+ (* 2 moon-anomaly
) sun-anomaly
)))
333 (* -
0.00042 (solar-sin-degrees (* 3 moon-anomaly
)))
334 (* 0.00042 E
(solar-sin-degrees
335 (+ sun-anomaly
(* 2 moon-argument
))))
336 (* 0.00038 E
(solar-sin-degrees
337 (- sun-anomaly
(* 2 moon-argument
))))
338 (* -
0.00024 E
(solar-sin-degrees
339 (- (* 2 moon-anomaly
) sun-anomaly
)))
340 (* -
0.00017 (solar-sin-degrees omega
))
341 (* -
0.00007 (solar-sin-degrees
342 (+ moon-anomaly
(* 2 sun-anomaly
))))
343 (* 0.00004 (solar-sin-degrees
344 (- (* 2 moon-anomaly
) (* 2 moon-argument
))))
345 (* 0.00004 (solar-sin-degrees (* 3 sun-anomaly
)))
346 (* 0.00003 (solar-sin-degrees (+ moon-anomaly sun-anomaly
347 (* -
2 moon-argument
))))
348 (* 0.00003 (solar-sin-degrees
349 (+ (* 2 moon-anomaly
) (* 2 moon-argument
))))
350 (* -
0.00003 (solar-sin-degrees (+ moon-anomaly sun-anomaly
351 (* 2 moon-argument
))))
352 (* 0.00003 (solar-sin-degrees (- moon-anomaly sun-anomaly
353 (* -
2 moon-argument
))))
354 (* -
0.00002 (solar-sin-degrees (- moon-anomaly sun-anomaly
355 (* 2 moon-argument
))))
356 (* -
0.00002 (solar-sin-degrees
357 (+ (* 3 moon-anomaly
) sun-anomaly
)))
358 (* 0.00002 (solar-sin-degrees (* 4 moon-anomaly
)))))
360 (+ (* 0.000325 (solar-sin-degrees A1
))
361 (* 0.000165 (solar-sin-degrees A2
))
362 (* 0.000164 (solar-sin-degrees A3
))
363 (* 0.000126 (solar-sin-degrees A4
))
364 (* 0.000110 (solar-sin-degrees A5
))
365 (* 0.000062 (solar-sin-degrees A6
))
366 (* 0.000060 (solar-sin-degrees A7
))
367 (* 0.000056 (solar-sin-degrees A8
))
368 (* 0.000047 (solar-sin-degrees A9
))
369 (* 0.000042 (solar-sin-degrees A10
))
370 (* 0.000040 (solar-sin-degrees A11
))
371 (* 0.000037 (solar-sin-degrees A12
))
372 (* 0.000035 (solar-sin-degrees A13
))
373 (* 0.000023 (solar-sin-degrees A14
))))
374 (newJDE (+ JDE correction additional
)))
376 (- (solar-ephemeris-correction
377 (calendar-extract-year
378 (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
379 (floor (calendar-astro-to-absolute newJDE
))))))
380 (/ calendar-time-zone
60.0 24.0))))
382 (defun lunar-new-moon-on-or-after (d)
383 "Julian day number of first new moon on or after Julian day number D.
384 The fractional part is the time of day.
386 The date and time are local time, including any daylight saving rules,
387 as governed by the values of `calendar-daylight-savings-starts',
388 `calendar-daylight-savings-starts-time', `calendar-daylight-savings-ends',
389 `calendar-daylight-savings-ends-time', `calendar-daylight-time-offset', and
390 `calendar-time-zone'."
391 (let* ((date (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
392 (floor (calendar-astro-to-absolute d
))))
393 (year (+ (calendar-extract-year date
)
394 (/ (calendar-day-number date
) 365.25)))
395 (k (floor (* (- year
2000.0) lunar-cycles-per-year
)))
396 (date (lunar-new-moon-time k
))
400 date
(lunar-new-moon-time k
)))
401 (calendar-astro-to-absolute date
)))
402 (time (* 24 (- a-date
(truncate a-date
))))
403 (date (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (truncate a-date
)))
404 (adj (dst-adjust-time date time
)))
405 (calendar-astro-from-absolute
406 (+ (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian (car adj
))
407 (/ (cadr adj
) 24.0)))))
411 ;;; lunar.el ends here