Solar Info (IE)
This page shows a list of useful Solar Information based on the User Location, as entered in the 'User' tab-page of the 'Settings Menu', and the date and time values that the program is currently using, as set in the 'Date Time' tab-page of the 'Settings Menu'. This may be the current time (recommended), or a fixed value, an offset value, or a loop between specified limits.
The User Solar Information shown is: Latitude, Longitude, Grid Locator, Time Zone, Local Time, Dawn, Sunrise, Postrise, Preset, Sunset, Dusk, Solar Midnight, Moonrise, Moonset, Sun Altitude, Sun Azimuth, Sun Posn: Lat, Sun Posn: Lon, Sun Posn: GridLoc, Current Total Daylight, Zodiac Sign, Spring Equinox Date, Spring Equinox Time, Summer Solstice Date, Summer Solstice Time, Fall Equinox Date, Fall Equinox Time, Winter Solstice Date, Winter Solstice Time as well as Total Daylight Values for all the Equinox Periods: Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox, Winter Solstice.
There is also a Polar Map centered on your location, that shows three tracks: the Sun Path at the Summer Solstice (Orange), the Sun Path at the Winter Solstice (Green), and the Sun Path for the current date and program-time (Yellow), with an icon showing the current Sun position. Note that if the sun is not available for the date/time/location, or is up all day, the tracks will not be shown.
You can also click the text-area to show a small window with an expanded color 3D view of the sun-tracks, in a format that is much easier to visualize. The view is centered on your User Location, and shows the same three tracks, and the current sun position. There are two controls: 'Elv' that adjusts the elevation of the plot (2°-90°), and 'Rot' that rotates the plot clockwise (0°-90°).