On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 11:45:15AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2025/06/09 11:44, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > On 2025/06/09 10:37, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > > On 2025/06/09 09:21, Mikolaj Kucharski wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> > > > 
> > > > I needed to get info about sunrise and sunset. I am aware of py3-astral
> > > > but wanted to compare both, ephem and astral.
> > > 
> > > Given the warnings on https://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/, I'm wondering
> > > if this is really a good idea to import unless there's some other
> > > software intended to be ported that needs it? Skyfield (largely
> > > from the same author and more actively developed) generally seems
> > > a better idea, for sunrise and sunset calcs see e.g.
> > > https://techoverflow.net/2022/06/19/how-to-compute-sunrise-sunset-in-python-using-skyfield/
> > > 
> > > If it is still worthwhile, here's a slightly tweaked version.
> > > 
> > 
> > If it's of interest, here are a few ports for a cli tool providing a
> > simple interface to display rise and set times for sun, moon, planets
> > and a former planet, using skyfield as the backend.
> 
> oh, and here's sample output for that:
> 
> $ kosmorro
> Monday, June 9, 2025
> 
> Object     Rise time    Culmination time    Set time
> --------  -----------  ------------------  ----------
> Sun         4:01 AM         12:12 PM        8:24 PM
> Moon        7:17 PM         11:00 PM        2:18 AM
> Mercury     4:36 AM         1:06 PM         9:36 PM
> Venus       2:12 AM         9:09 AM         4:05 PM
> Mars        9:36 AM         4:54 PM         12:14 AM
> Jupiter     4:47 AM         1:00 PM         9:13 PM
> Saturn      1:12 AM         7:09 AM         1:05 PM
> Uranus      2:58 AM         10:46 AM        6:35 PM
> Neptune     1:09 AM         7:11 AM         1:13 PM
> Pluto      11:24 PM         3:29 AM         7:30 AM
> 
> Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous
> Full Moon on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
> 
> Note: All the hours are given in UTC.
> 

This looks very useful. I am building it at the moment and dependency
tree takes a while, but the new ports read fine.

It would be useful to me to have it in the tree. The practical side of
the command line is exactly what I need. However I also need a module,
so I can incorporate it in my local code.

-- 
Regards,
 Mikolaj