Mor3bane wrote: ↑August 23rd, 2020, 6:24 pmSo there must be an equation that describes these things for the moon - it just isnt the same clock, so to speak. There is a rise time for the moon. So that is when the moon is up. The rotator would follow that arc according to that unique time frame. It would also do the same but on the opposite side of the roundline where it would be night for the specific location where the rise and set times are being parse from.
That's
almost what my first version does, really (don't mind the appearance, it can be improved). Both the sun and the moon rotate on a 360 degree circle. They do have the same clock and their "now" moment is identical though, so that wouldn't be quite according to your definitions, but according to what their rise and set times really are:
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The way it looks is exactly as it happens in real life, if we talk about a "clock". I really don't understand what you want, sorry about that. I want to understand, but I just can't right now. On one hand, you say they aren't on the same clock, on the other hand you say they should be placed on the same 24h "dial" or ... well, "clock".
For example, in the above screenshot, the "now" moment (i.e. where the sun and moon are placed, to the right of the "circle") is roughly 6 PM, when the sun followed his "arc" (yellow+grey) for about 80% of it, and the moon followed its own "arc" (grey+blue) for about 50% of it. The grey arc is where the sun and the moon "arcs" coincide, in other words the period in which both the sun and the moon have risen.
Mor3bane wrote: ↑August 23rd, 2020, 6:24 pmIt would also do the same but on the opposite side of the roundline where it would be night for the specific location where the rise and set times are being parse from.
Are you talking about the moon here? What has the moon have to do with the night? It can rise in midday and have almost the same rise to set path / arc as the sun, from a chronological (i.e. time based) point of view - like in the image above.
Or, you want to replicate the moon position relative to the sun on the sky? If that's so, I think it's a bit more complicated than just some rotators.
I think it would be best to choose a specific example (say, the rise and set times in my screenshot above) and explain where would you like the sun and moon (and their respective "arcs") to be in various times during the day, on the 360 degrees sundial skin.
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