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NAME

planpos - calculate planetary positions for given time and place.

SYNOPSIS

  planpos [options]

OPTIONS

--help

Prints a brief help message and exits.

--man

Prints the manual page and exits.

--time

Date and time, either a calendar entry in format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM Z, or YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM Z, or a floating-point Julian Day:

  --time="2019-06-08 12:00 +0300"
  --time="2019-06-08 09:00 UTC"
  --time=2458642.875

Calendar entries should be enclosed in quotation marks. Optional "Z" stands for time zone, short name or offset from UTC. "+00300" in the example above means "3 hours east of Greenwich".

--place

The observer's location. Contains 2 elements, space separated, in any order:

  • latitude in DD(N|S)MM format, N for North, S for South.

  • longitude in DDD(W|E)MM format, W for West, E for East.

E.g.: --place=51N28 0W0 for Greenwich, UK.

--coordinates - type and format of coordinates to display:
  • 1 - Ecliptical, angular units (default)

  • 2 - Ecliptical, zodiac

  • 3 - Equatorial, time units

  • 4 - Equatorial, angular units

  • 5 - Horizontal, time units

  • 6 - Horizontal, angular units

--format format of numbers:
  • D decimal: arc-degrees or hours

  • S sexadecimal: degrees (hours), minutes, seconds

--theme color scheme:
  • dark, default: color scheme for dark consoles

  • light color scheme for light consoles

DESCRIPTION

planpos computes planetary positions for current moment or given time and place.