solar declination angle derivations
solar declination angle from datetime
symbol
description
unit
variable name
\(t\)
datetime (UTC)
\(s\) since 2000-01-01
datetime {time}
\(\delta\)
solar declination angle
\(deg\)
solar_declination_angle {time}
\begin{eqnarray} A & = & 2\pi \left( \frac{t + 10 \cdot 86400}{365.2422 \cdot 86400} - \lfloor \frac{t + 10 \cdot 86400}{365.2422 \cdot 86400} \rfloor \right) \\ B & = & A + 2 \cdot 0.0167 \sin( 2\pi \left( \frac{t - 2 \cdot 86400}{365.2422 \cdot 86400} - \lfloor \frac{t - 2 \cdot 86400}{365.2422 \cdot 86400} \rfloor \right) ) \\ \delta & = & -\frac{180}{\pi} \arcsin( \sin(\frac{\pi}{180} 23.44) \cos(B) ) \end{eqnarray}