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Sunrise Sunset Algorithm

The document describes an algorithm for calculating sunrise and sunset times given the date, latitude and longitude of a location. It involves multiple steps of calculating variables like the sun's mean anomaly, true longitude, right ascension and declination before determining the local hour angle and converting to the local time.

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Sunrise Sunset Algorithm

The document describes an algorithm for calculating sunrise and sunset times given the date, latitude and longitude of a location. It involves multiple steps of calculating variables like the sun's mean anomaly, true longitude, right ascension and declination before determining the local hour angle and converting to the local time.

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Sunrise/SunsetAlgorithm

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