NAME

AzimuthElevationOfPlanet:

Get the azimuth or elevation (altitude) of a planet for the current horoscope.

USAGE

AzimuthElevationOfPlanet nplanet [-elevation | -azimuth]

PARAMETERS

nplanet: number of the planet to get the altitude or azimuth from.

OPTIONS

-azimuth: return the azimuth of the planet

-elevation: return the altitude (elevation) of the planet.

If no option is given, Proastro will return the elevation of the planet.

RETURN

The elevation or azimuth of the planet, in decimal degrees.

Remark:

North azimuth is 0°, East is 90°, South is 180 and West is 270°.

Elevation is negative if the star or planet is under the horizon, positive if it is above horizon.

EXAMPLE

# open a horoscope file
SetCurrentHoroscope

PutTxt "-------Azimuth and elevation of planets-------"

for {set i 0} {$i < 15} {incr i} {
PutTxt "[NameOfPlanet $i]: Elevation = [AzimuthElevationOfPlanet $i -elevation] Azimuth = [AzimuthElevationOfPlanet $i -azimuth]"
}

Output:

-------Azimuth and elevation of planets-------
Sun: Elevation = -38.6116421897 Azimuth = 6.5797239353
Moon: Elevation = 41.4266279404 Azimuth = 124.143615425
Mercury: Elevation = -31.4746640228 Azimuth = 16.9680399558
Venus: Elevation = -46.0329352062 Azimuth = 313.126728576
Mars: Elevation = -41.7339792175 Azimuth = 292.688518359
Jupiter: Elevation = 15.8816178428 Azimuth = 73.0819933404
Saturn: Elevation = 32.3758533991 Azimuth = 194.585016325
As: Elevation = -7.35777121008e-07 Azimuth = 56.5749195771
M.H.: Elevation = 41.0471078943 Azimuth = 180.0
Rahu: Elevation = 29.9616210812 Azimuth = 90.0984429128
Ketu: Elevation = -29.9336277613 Azimuth = 270.098442913
Uranus: Elevation = -34.8715431177 Azimuth = 12.950812982
Neptune: Elevation = -38.9820159076 Azimuth = 292.656485971
Pluto: Elevation = -23.6075966908 Azimuth = 4.83541331297
Fortune: Elevation = 31.76742326 Azimuth = 200.180987055