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    • jacobsjo
      jacobsjo Photographer | Premium last edited by

      I have just released version 0.2.0 of the plugin. It hides the times that do not exist in the detail pane and now supports the mobile page (see changelog in the post on top). To facilitate mobile usage the hook to access the plugin has changed from the Overlay menu to the context menu. Simply right-click the map (or tap and hold on mobile) and click on "Sun Position" to open the plugin

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        marco 1v @jacobsjo last edited by

        @jacobjo

        Hello

        The plugin on my phone doesn’t work because when I download it it says it’s still on the version 0.1.0

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        • jacobsjo
          jacobsjo Photographer @marco 1v | Premium last edited by

          @marco-1v Ehm, I am not sure how that could happen. Maybe some caching problem? That seems to be more of a bug inside windy. Try to specify the version by entering windy-plugin-sun-position@0.2.0 as the plugin name

          Besides that, I have made a mistake such that is shows that it is on version 0.1.1 while it is actually on version 0.2.0 (and 0.1.0 if it is actually on version 0.1.1).

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          • jacobsjo
            jacobsjo Photographer | Premium last edited by

            I have just released version 0.3.0 of the plugin! This update adds details about the moon position. The moon position is shown on the map similar to the sun position. Additional dotted lines show the moonrise and moonset directions. The detail pane also includes the moonrise and moonset times and some details about the current position of the moon. The moon display can be hidden by clicking the moon button the top of the details pane.

            Furthermore, I have added options to hide some sun details, grouped by Astronomical and Photography. Astronomical shows astronomical, nautical and civil twilight times and Photography shows blue and golden hour times. Both groups can be enabled together, showing all times as before the update (nautical twilight was wrongly labeled blue hour before the update, while blue hour really is part of the civil twilight).

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            • jacobsjo
              jacobsjo Photographer | Premium last edited by

              I've just released version 0.3.1 to fix the sidebar issue caused by windy changes.

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              • Gkikas LGPZ
                Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @jacobsjo last edited by

                @jacobsjo
                A question: at noon I see the azimuth at zero degrees. Is it correct?

                73b353e6-5c31-4e0c-aafd-20adba3ad241-εικόνα.png

                I thought the azimuth defined as
                a horizontal angle measured clockwise from the north
                not from the local meridian.

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                • Gkikas LGPZ
                  Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by

                  ... a second thought ... are you in the southern hemisphere?

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                  • idefix37
                    idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by idefix37

                    @Gkikas-LGPZ
                    It could be because in Astronomy the azimuth may refer to the South, instead of North (but I am not an astronomy specialist). The South reference was used in former times, but today this is not clear because sometime it refers to North and sometime still to South....
                    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuth
                    -See Astronomy section-
                    With this plugin if you take a point far in south hemisphere at near 12:00Z, you see the azimuth of the sun close to 180°. It varies from 180° to -180°, not from 0° to 360°, as shown in this example (-172°):
                    https://community.windy.com/topic/9017/sun-position-plugin/5
                    So it’s different from what is used in navigation technic.

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                    • Gkikas LGPZ
                      Gkikas LGPZ Moderator @idefix37 last edited by

                      @idefix37 I think this makes things clearer
                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_azimuth_angle

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                      • idefix37
                        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Gkikas LGPZ last edited by idefix37

                        @Gkikas-LGPZ
                        This is the best link that explains this convention.
                        BTW in traditional astronavigation or celestial navigation, the solar azimuth is measured from the north...

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                          Oilyan last edited by

                          Dear jacobsjo,
                          I am trying to install sun position plugin, but despite it says that plugin was installed, it does not appear menu. i tried it on my laptop (windows) and iPhone. Do you have an idea what might be the problem?
                          Thanks!
                          Olga

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                          • vsinceac
                            vsinceac | Premium last edited by

                            I tried too, and it appears it only works on dektop as one-shot action, i.e. only when left panel info is displayed (screenshot); on closing left panel, next click on map returns usual results...
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                            ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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                            • jacobsjo
                              jacobsjo Photographer | Premium last edited by

                              @Oilyan @vsinceac I'm not sure what the problem is. I just tried it again and for me, it still works for me (both on PC and on mobile). You should be able to find the option to open it in the context menu (right-click on the map on PC; long tap on the map on mobile). You can move the picker afterward as well, just make sure not to clock on a city label as that opens the weather forecast and closes the plugin pane.

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                                rainbowsunshine last edited by

                                Hello

                                Am I right in thinking this doesn't work on the iPhone app?
                                I went to www.windy.com/plugins on my phone browser and searched for windy-plugin-sun-position, then installed it, but when I log in on the browser it switches to the app since I am already logged in there. On my app the plugin doesn't appear anywhere.

                                Would appreciate any ideas. Thank you

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                                • rittels
                                  rittels Code contributor @rainbowsunshine | Premium last edited by

                                  @rainbowsunshine

                                  The plugins are not available in the App.

                                  They are available in a mobile browser (chome or safari). Type or paste: https://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-sun-position in the address bar.

                                  (With the most recent Windy app update on iOS, the app diverts the windy.com/plugins to the browser, really cool. Unfortunately it does not seem to work on Android yet)

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                                  • jacobsjo
                                    jacobsjo Photographer | Premium last edited by

                                    I have just released version 0.3.2 of the plugin. The plugin was broken because the pluginDataLoader changed. I only used the pluginDataLoader for a timezone lookup. As that wasn't a good solution anyway I am now using the tz-lookup package instead. So hopefully it wont break as easily in the future.

                                    Furthermore this update makes use of the query string: For example you can now directly open https://www.windy.com/plugins/windy-plugin-sun-position?photoSun=true&astroSun=false&moon=false to get only photography sun details.

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                                    • rittels
                                      rittels Code contributor @jacobsjo | Premium last edited by rittels

                                      @jacobsjo

                                      Thanks. Maybe a bug? Should golden hour not come after sunrise?

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                                      • jacobsjo
                                        jacobsjo Photographer | Premium last edited by jacobsjo

                                        @rittels

                                        No, the golden hour is defined as sun elevations between 6 degrees above and 4 degrees below the horizon. So the golden hour does start before the sunset and also continues until after sunrise. The entire time range in orange is the Golden Hour. Also, in very high latitudes the entire day might be "golden hour" as the sun never reaches higher than 6 degrees above the horizon.

                                        (Also see the screenshot in the original post, it was always this way ;) )

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                                        • rittels
                                          rittels Code contributor @jacobsjo | Premium last edited by

                                          @jacobsjo Thanks!

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                                            Fabi_Zwerger | Premium last edited by

                                            pls give me this plugin

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