NAME

riseset — calculate rise, set and transit times of Sun, Moon and the planets.

SYNOPSIS

  riseset [options]

OPTIONS

--help

Prints a brief help message and exits.

--man

Prints the manual page and exits.

--year

Year, astronomical. Current year in default local time zone If omitted.

--place

The observer's location. Contains 2 elements, space separated.

• 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 (the default).

Decimal numbers are also supported. In that case

• The latitude always goes first

• Negative numbers represent South latitude and East longitudes.

--place=55.75 -37.58 for Moscow, Russian Federation. --place=40.73 73.935 for New-York, NY, USA.

DESCRIPTION

Calculate rise, set and transit times of Sun, Moon and the planets for a given year.

EXAMPLES

    perl ./script/riseset_year.pl --place=56N26 37E09
    perl ./script/riseset_year.pl --place=56N26 37E09 --year=2000