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use sun.frink
// This program graphically draws the size (and phase) of the moon's closest
// point each day for many years. It sort of debunks the idea that the
// so-called "supermoon" is really special at all.
g = new graphics
g.stroke[.1 mm]
g.color[0,0,1]
//g.rotate[4 deg]
//g.translate[1 in, 2 in]
width = 382 mm
height = 700 mm
x = 0
y = 0
lat = 40 degrees North
long = 105 degrees West
perline = 29
cellsize = width/perline
g.drawRectCenter[0 cellsize,0 cellsize, 80 .5 deg cellsize, 80 .5 deg cellsize]
for a = #2013-01-01# to #2016-01-01# step day
{
interval = new interval[a, a + 1 day]
r = moonRadiusAngle[interval]
closest = supremum[r]
// Use this instead to just draw the size of the moon.
// g.fillEllipseCenter[x mod perline, x div perline, 200 closest, 200 closest]
g.add[drawMoonPolygonRelativeToZenith[a+12 hours, lat, long, (x mod perline) cellsize, (x div perline) cellsize, 80 closest cellsize, false]]
x = x + 1
}
g.show[]
g.write["moons.svg",width, height]
g.write["moons.png",1000,2000]
//g.printTiled[1,2]
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