USNO::Eclipse::Solar 
Obtain the circumstances of recent and upcoming solar eclipses for any location
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'usno-eclipse-solar'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install usno-eclipse-solar
Usage
First, require usno/eclipse/solar
By default, it'll check for the visibility data of the solar eclipse occurring on August 21, 2017. A location is always required.
USNO::Eclipse::Solar::Data.new(lat: 30, long: -87).call.data<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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Solar Eclipse of 2017 Aug. 21
Sun in Partial Eclipse at this Location
Delta T: 69.4s
None given
Location: W 87°00'00.0", N30°00'00.0", 0m
(Longitude referred to Greenwich meridian)
Sun's Position Vertex
UT1 Altitude Azimuth Angle Angle
d h m s ° ° ° °
Eclipse Begins 21 17:04:27.5 68.9 146.7 304.2 333.4
Maximum Eclipse 21 18:36:42.3 69.0 212.7
Eclipse Ends 21 20:03:14.2 54.4 246.5 105.7 51.6
Duration: 2h 58m 46.7s
Magnitude: 0.840
Obscuration: 80.5%
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</html>USNO::Eclipse::Solar::Data.new(request_class: USNO::Eclipse::Solar::USRequest, city: "Gulf Shores", state: "Alabama", date: Time.new(2017,8,21)).call.data<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
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Solar Eclipse of 2017 Aug. 21
Sun in Partial Eclipse at this Location
Delta T: 69.4s
GULF SHORES, ALABAMA
Location: W 87°41'24.0", N30°15'36.0", 0m
(Longitude referred to Greenwich meridian)
Sun's Position Vertex
UT1 Altitude Azimuth Angle Angle
d h m s ° ° ° °
Eclipse Begins 21 17:02:33.5 68.1 144.4 304.1 335.2
Maximum Eclipse 21 18:34:44.6 69.3 209.5
Eclipse Ends 21 20:01:35.1 55.1 245.0 105.6 52.5
Duration: 2h 59m 01.7s
Magnitude: 0.838
Obscuration: 80.2%
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</html>Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request