Calculations

Some very first small calculations...


Calculation of the Julian Date, Startime Greenwich and Suns Longitude


Year : (Range: 0 - 4000)
Month : (Range: 1 - 12)
Day : (Range: 1 - 31)
Hour : (Range: 0 - 23)
Minute: (Range: 0 - 59)
Second: (Range: 0 - 59)


Julian date:
Sidereal time Greenwich:
Solar longitude:


Please let us know your opinion regarding these calculations.
Please report if things go wrong and which other calculations you want.


Special thanks to David Vansteelant for the formulae!



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