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## README.md

      
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    This is an example of using D3's orthograph projections to visualize moon phases.  My starting point for this was http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3795040.
GeoJSON
There is a nice geojson wsyiwig editor here:
http://geojson.io/#map=1/16/-68.
When defining points, the first value is the angle in degrees from the prime meridian (-180, 180).  The second is the angle in degrees from the equator [-90, 90].  So, any value [x, 90] is at the North pole, and any value [x, -90] is at the south pole.  I was getting some funkiness when I put things directly on the poles, so I fudged it a little bit and went with 89.5.
You can read hemisphere.json like this:

[90, -90] -- start at the south pole ([x, -90]), 1/4 of the way around travelling east from the prime meridian ([90, x]).
[90, 90] -- Go to the north pole ([x, 90])
[-90, 90] -- Travel halfway around the world, so you're 3/4 of the way past the prime meridian, or 1/4 of the way if you travel west ([-90, x])
[-90, -90] -- Go back to the south pole
[90, -90] -- Travel back to the starting point

It's important to have your first point and last point be identical, or nothing will render.

  
## hemisphere.json

      
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## index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<head>
<style>
.graticule {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #777;
  stroke-width: .5px;
  stroke-opacity: .5;
}

.body {
  fill: black;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.js"></script>
<script>

var width = 400,
    height = 300;

var geoScale = 100;

var projection = d3.geo.orthographic()
    .scale(geoScale)
    .translate([width / 2, height / 2])
    .clipAngle(90);

var path = d3.geo.path()
    .projection(projection);


var stationaryProjection = d3.geo.orthographic()
    .scale(geoScale)
    .translate([width / 2, height / 2])
    .clipAngle(90);

var gratPath = d3.geo.path()
  .projection(stationaryProjection);

var λ = d3.scale.linear()
    .domain([0, width])
    .range([-180, 180]);

var φ = d3.scale.linear()
    .domain([0, height])
    .range([90, -90]);

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width)
    .attr("height", height);


var start = 0;
var day = 0;
var mod = 0;
var dayInt = 360/29.503;
var splits = 5;
var step = dayInt/splits;
setInterval(function() {
    start += step;
    mod += 1;
    if (mod > splits) {
      mod = 0;
      day += 1;
      if (day > 29) {
        day = 1;
      }
      document.getElementById('daynum').innerHTML = day;
    }
    if (start > 180) {
      start = -180 + (start - 180);
    }
     projection.rotate([start, 0]);
      svg.selectAll("path.light").attr("d",path);
}, 100);

var graticule = d3.geo.graticule();

svg.append("path")
    .datum(graticule)
    .attr("class", "graticule")
    .attr("d", gratPath);

// Load our GeoJSON which just represents a hemisphere of darkness
d3.json("hemisphere.json", function(error, world) {
  if (error) throw error;

  svg.append("path")
      .datum(world)
      .attr("class", "light")
      .attr("d", path);
});

</script>
<p>Day <span id="daynum">0</span></p>
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<head>
	<style>
	.graticule {
	fill: none;
	stroke: #777;
	stroke-width: .5px;
	stroke-opacity: .5;
	}

	.body {
	fill: black;
	}
	</style>
	</head>

	<body>
	<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.js"></script>
	<script>

	var width = 400,
	height = 300;

	var geoScale = 100;

	var projection = d3.geo.orthographic()
	.scale(geoScale)
	.translate([width / 2, height / 2])
	.clipAngle(90);

	var path = d3.geo.path()
	.projection(projection);


	var stationaryProjection = d3.geo.orthographic()
	.scale(geoScale)
	.translate([width / 2, height / 2])
	.clipAngle(90);

	var gratPath = d3.geo.path()
	.projection(stationaryProjection);

	var λ = d3.scale.linear()
	.domain([0, width])
	.range([-180, 180]);

	var φ = d3.scale.linear()
	.domain([0, height])
	.range([90, -90]);

	var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
	.attr("width", width)
	.attr("height", height);


	var start = 0;
	var day = 0;
	var mod = 0;
	var dayInt = 360/29.503;
	var splits = 5;
	var step = dayInt/splits;
	setInterval(function() {
	start += step;
	mod += 1;
	if (mod > splits) {
	mod = 0;
	day += 1;
	if (day > 29) {
	day = 1;
	}
	document.getElementById('daynum').innerHTML = day;
	}
	if (start > 180) {
	start = -180 + (start - 180);
	}
	projection.rotate([start, 0]);
	svg.selectAll("path.light").attr("d",path);
	}, 100);

	var graticule = d3.geo.graticule();

	svg.append("path")
	.datum(graticule)
	.attr("class", "graticule")
	.attr("d", gratPath);

	// Load our GeoJSON which just represents a hemisphere of darkness
	d3.json("hemisphere.json", function(error, world) {
	if (error) throw error;

	svg.append("path")
	.datum(world)
	.attr("class", "light")
	.attr("d", path);
	});

	</script>
	<p>Day <span id="daynum">0</span></p>