ORBTIMES(1) User Commands ORBTIMES(1)
NAME
orbtimes -- manual page for orbtimes 1.7.5
DESCRIPTION
orbtimes --location <geographic-coordinates> --timezone <hours east of
greenwich> --daylight <offset-hours>
--query <query-string> returns 1 if query is true, 0 otherwise
--selftest will run exhaustive test cases
--verbose will print diagnostic information
Examples: orbtimes --location “36.048202N 114.950131W 0ft”
--timezone -8.0 --daylight 1 Called with no (or partial) argu‐
ments, and it will guess at timezone, location, and daylight
savings. orbtimes --location=”48.22N 11.54E 0ft” -v Called with
--moon and/or other orbs. orbtimes --moon --loca‐
tion=”36.048621N 114.951226W” -v Called with a query orbtimes
--moon --query “sunset>moonrise” Called on a particular date and
time orbtimes -J 2457957.0 -vv
All Options: --location (-l) Specify location (latitude, longi‐
tude, elevation) e.g. “48.22N 11.54E 0ft” --query (-q) Specify a
query e.g. “sunrise<sunset” --date (-D) Specify the date
--datejd (-J) Specify the Julian day --timezone (-t) Specify the
timezone --daylight (-d) Specify the daylight savings offset
--twilight_angle (-e) Specify a twilight angle (radians) --self‐
test (-s) Run self test mode --verbose (-v) Print more informa‐
tion --ascii_art (-A) Display option --moon (-M) Display lunar
(i.e. Moon) info --moondays (-N) Display lunar new and full info
--mercury --venus --mars --jupiter --saturn --uranus --neptune
(--orbs) Display each planets info (or all) --twilight (-T) Dis‐
play twilight info [0..3] civil,nautical,astronomical,general
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for orbtimes is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and orbtimes programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info orbtimes
should give you access to the complete manual.
