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license: GPL-3.0-only
title: 'MoonShineR: Predict Moonlight, Sunlight, and/or Twilight Ground Illuminance'
version: 1.1.0
abstract: Predicts ground-level illuminance from moonlight, sunlight, and twilight
  for specified locations and time periods. The package is intended for field studies
  in ecology and behavior where natural light levels are used as predictor variables.
  See Poon et al. (2024) <https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14299>. Calculations use
  astronomical quantities from 'suncalc' and published illuminance models, including
  Austin et al. (1976) <https://doi.org/10.2307/2402251> and Seidelmann (1992) <ISBN:0935702687>.
authors:
- family-names: Poon
  given-names: Lok
  email: poonchiulok@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-1614
repository: https://lokpoon.r-universe.dev
commit: 27da0dcc09395818e360482d59a2f78841ebe0b4
date-released: '2026-06-17'
contact:
- family-names: Poon
  given-names: Lok
  email: poonchiulok@gmail.com
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-1614