import numpy as np from datetime import datetime ## Sun direction depending on time and place # As described in Appendix D of "ME 4131 Thermal Environmental Engineering Laboratory Manual" def sun_declination(time): day_of_year = time.timetuple().tm_yday return 23.45 * np.sin(np.radians((360/365)*(284+day_of_year))) def equation_of_time(time): day_of_year = time.timetuple().tm_yday b = np.radians(360*(day_of_year-81)/364) return 0.165*np.sin(2*b) - 0.126*np.cos(b) - 0.025*np.sin(b) def sun_direction(lat, lon, time, time_diff, summertime_shift = 0): lon_std = time_diff * 15 clock_time = time.hour + time.minute/60 local_solar_time = clock_time + (1/15)*(lon - lon_std) + equation_of_time(time) - summertime_shift hour_angle = 15*(local_solar_time - 12) l = np.radians(lat) h = np.radians(hour_angle) d = np.radians(sun_declination(time)) altitude = np.arcsin(np.cos(l) * np.cos(h) * np.cos(d) + np.sin(l) * np.sin(d)) azimuth = np.arccos((np.cos(d) * np.sin(l) * np.cos(h) - np.sin(d) * np.cos(l)) / np.cos(altitude)) if h < 0: return (altitude, azimuth) else: return (altitude, -azimuth)