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Usage

sun [rise=] [set=] [ut=] [date=] [noelev]
This program calculates the current position of the sun using the `low precision' formula published in the Astronomical Almanac. It also has a flag to calculate the next time it will be at given altitude.

The output contains a line like.

06:03:0.02 +23:26:12 2006.47 -26.4
Where the first two fields are the RA and Dec, the next is the coordinate equinox and epoch of position and the last is the number of degrees that the sun is above the horizon. The altitude is corrected for the elevation of the observatory.

Louis-Gregory Strolger 2012-01-09