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    • idefix37I
      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 LGPZG
        Gkikas LGPZ Moderator Meteorologist @idefix37
        last edited by

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

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        • idefix37I
          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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          • OilyanO
            Oilyan | Premium
            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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            • vsinceacV
              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...
              713f4a25-8b9b-4abc-b488-13b71bd5b5a4-image.png

              ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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              • jacobsjoJ
                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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                  • rittelsR
                    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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                    • jacobsjoJ
                      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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                      • rittelsR
                        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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                        • jacobsjoJ
                          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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                          • rittelsR
                            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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                              • KorinaK
                                Korina @Fabi_Zwerger
                                last edited by

                                @fabi_zwerger Hello, this plugin is available on Windy.com under plugins category.

                                Korina

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                                • gortahorkG
                                  gortahork @jacobsjo | Premium
                                  last edited by

                                  @jacobsjo
                                  This is fabulous! thank you very much.

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                                    JHMARSHAL
                                    last edited by

                                    hi the sun position does not work .why? can some one tell me how to fix it pls

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                                    • idefix37I
                                      idefix37 Sailor Moderator @JHMARSHAL
                                      last edited by idefix37

                                      @jhmarshal
                                      This is surely due to this change:
                                      https://community.windy.com/topic/16811/plugin-developers-stay-alert-we-are-refactoring-windy-com-client-codes-to-typescript?_=1637686473652

                                      And this plugin has probably not been updated by its author.

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                                      • jacobsjoJ
                                        jacobsjo Photographer @idefix37 | Premium
                                        last edited by

                                        @idefix37 @JHMARSHAL Sorry about that. I haven't kept track of windy the updates. I'll fix the plugin when I find the time to do so (hopefully soon).

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                                          JHMARSHAL @jacobsjo
                                          last edited by

                                          @jacobsjo thanks bro

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                                          • J
                                            JHMARSHAL @JHMARSHAL
                                            last edited by idefix37

                                            @jacobsjo HI IS IT FIXED ?

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