orientation#

sunpy.coordinates.sun.orientation(location, time='now')[source]#

Return the orientation angle for the Sun from a specified Earth location and time. The orientation angle is the angle between local zenith and solar north, measured eastward from local zenith.

Parameters:

location (EarthLocation) – Observer location on Earth
time (tuple, list, str, pandas.Timestamp, pandas.Index, pandas.Series, pandas.DatetimeIndex, datetime.datetime, datetime.date, numpy.datetime64, numpy.ndarray, astropy.time.Time) – Time to use in a parse_time-compatible format

Returns:

out (Angle) – The orientation of the Sun