JD2Day:

Path: Common/Time

% Computes the day of the week from Julian day number.

 Typing JD2Day returns the current date.
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   Form:
   day = JD2Day( jD )
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   Inputs
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   jD           (1,1) Julian date

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   Outputs
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   day          (1,3) 'Sun' 'Mon' 'Tue' 'Wed' 'Thu' 'Fri' 'Sat'

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   References: Meeus, J. "Astronomical Algorithms". p.65.
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Children:

Common: Time/DTSToDTA
Common: Time/Date2JD
Math: MathUtils/R2P5

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