tidal

Astronomical Tidal Forcing

Calculate astronomical gravitational forcing potential (spring/neap, perigee, etc) for a specific location.

get/tidal/forcing

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.openephemeris.com
  • URL: https://api.openephemeris.com/tidal/forcing
  • Auth: one of:
    • HTTP bearer
    • API key in header X-OpenEphemeris-API-Key
    • API key in header X-API-Key
    • API key in header X-Service-Key

Query parameters

latnumber required

Observer latitude

lonnumber required

Observer longitude

datestring nullable

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format

Response

Tidal forcing metrics and indices

datestring required

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (if requested by date)

julian_daynumber double required

Julian Day of the calculation

Changes

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