com.mousebird.maply

Class Moon

java.lang.Object

com.mousebird.maply.Moon

public class Moon
extends java.lang.Object

Utility for calculating moon position. This is a utility class that figures out where the moon is at a given data and provides the position.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Moon(java.util.Calendar date) Initialize with a date.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Point2d	asCoordinate()
Point3d	asPosition()
void	finalize()
double[]	getIlluminatedFractionAndPhaseNative()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Moon

public Moon(java.util.Calendar date)

Initialize with a date.
The moon position will correspond to that.

Parameters:

date - Must be after 2000.

Method Detail

getIlluminatedFractionAndPhaseNative

public double[] getIlluminatedFractionAndPhaseNative()

Returns:

Illuminated fraction of the moon

asCoordinate

public Point2d asCoordinate()

Returns:

Location on the globe where the moon would land if it fell straight down. Ouch.

asPosition

public Point3d asPosition()

Returns:

the location above the globe in lon/lat/distance. Yay geocentric!

finalize

public void finalize()

Overrides:

finalize in class java.lang.Object