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SunCalcMeeus

Sun Position and Daylight Calculations

v0.1.3 · Sep 21, 2025 · GPL (>= 2)

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Compute the position of the sun, and local solar time using Meeus' formulae. Compute day and/or night length using different twilight definitions or arbitrary sun elevation angles. This package is part of the 'r4photobiology' suite, Aphalo, P. J. (2015) <doi:10.19232/uv4pb.2015.1.14>. Algorithms from Meeus (1998, ISBN:0943396611).

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Dependencies Reverse dependencies tibble lubridate dplyr (>= 1.1.4) photobiology photobiologyInOut SunCalcMeeus

Version History

new 0.1.3 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.1.3 ← 0.1.2 diff Sep 21, 2025
updated 0.1.2 ← 0.1.1 diff Jan 8, 2025
new 0.1.1 Dec 10, 2024