November 24, 2009
Astronomy has fascinated mankind since its earliest days; science and math were developed first to study the heavens. Even today, your local newspaper tells you such astronomical information as the time of local sunrise and sunset and the phase of the moon.
Your task is to write functions that calculate the time of sunrise and sunset for any spot on earth for any day of the year; you will have to do your own research on the internet to find a suitable set of formulas. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
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