Get information on the position of the sun

This package can determine several things on the position of the sun.

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Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require spatie/sun

Usage

When instantiating Spatie\Sun\Sun you should pass it coordinates.

$coordinatesOfAntwerp = ['lat' => 51.260197, 'lng' => 4.402771];

$sun = new Sun($coordinatesOfAntwerp['lat'], $coordinatesOfAntwerp['lng']);

Get the time of sunrise

You can get the time of the sunrise.

$sun->sunrise(); // returns an instance of \Carbon\Carbon

You can get the time of the sunrise on a specific date by passing in instance of Carbon\Carbon to sunrise

$sun->sunrise($carbon); // returns an instance of \Carbon\Carbon

Get the time of zenith

You can get the time of the zenith.

$sun->zenith(); // returns an instance of \Carbon\Carbon

You can get the time of the zenith on a specific date by passing in instance of Carbon\Carbon to zenith

$sun->zenith($carbon); // returns an instance of \Carbon\Carbon

Get the time of sunset

You can get the time of the sunset.

$sun->sunset(); // returns an instance of \Carbon\Carbon

You can get the time of the sunset on a specific date by passing in instance of Carbon\Carbon to sunset

$sun->sunset($carbon); // returns an instance of \Carbon\Carbon

Determine if the sun is up

This is how you can determine if the sun is up:

$sun->sunIsUp(); // returns a boolean

You can get determine if the sun is up at a specific moment by passing in instance of Carbon\Carbon to sunIsUp

$sun->sunIsUp($carbon); // returns a boolean

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you've found a bug regarding security please mail security@spatie.be instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Freek Van der Herten
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.