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WeatherKit moonPhase:full is skipped
HI there, when requesting the daily forecast via the WeatherKit REST API, I found out that under certain circumstances the moon phase full is skipped. Example from Japan (working): { "forecastDaily": { "name": "DailyForecast", "metadata": { "attributionURL": "https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/data-source-attribution/", "expireTime": "2024-10-21T15:16:10Z", "latitude": 35.650, "longitude": 139.840, "readTime": "2024-10-21T14:16:10Z", "reportedTime": "2024-10-21T12:00:37Z", "units": "m", "version": 1, "sourceType": "modeled" }, "days": [ ..., { "forecastStart": "2024-10-16T15:00:00Z", "forecastEnd": "2024-10-17T15:00:00Z", "conditionCode": "MostlyCloudy", "maxUvIndex": 4, "moonPhase": "waxingGibbous", "moonrise": "2024-10-17T07:47:26Z", "moonset": "2024-10-16T20:09:01Z", "precipitationAmount": 0.09, "precipitationChance": 0.43, "precipitationType": "rain", ... "windSpeedMax": 16.03, }, { "forecastStart": "2024-10-17T15:00:00Z", "forecastEnd": "2024-10-18T15:00:00Z", "conditionCode": "Rain", "maxUvIndex": 4, "moonPhase": "full", "moonrise": "2024-10-18T08:20:34Z", "moonset": "2024-10-17T21:24:49Z", "precipitationAmount": 4.83, "precipitationChance": 0.83, "precipitationType": "rain", ... "windSpeedMax": 15.57, }, { "forecastStart": "2024-10-18T15:00:00Z", "forecastEnd": "2024-10-19T15:00:00Z", "conditionCode": "Drizzle", "maxUvIndex": 5, "moonPhase": "waningGibbous", "moonrise": "2024-10-19T08:58:43Z", "moonset": "2024-10-18T22:42:03Z", "precipitationAmount": 3.85, "precipitationChance": 0.76, ... "windSpeedMax": 28.81, }, ... ] } } Example from Germany where the fullmoon is skipped: { "forecastDaily": { "name": "DailyForecast", "metadata": { "attributionURL": "https://developer.apple.com/weatherkit/data-source-attribution/", "expireTime": "2024-10-21T15:41:17Z", "latitude": 47.760, "longitude": 12.650, "readTime": "2024-10-21T14:41:17Z", "reportedTime": "2024-10-21T13:00:37Z", "units": "m", "version": 1, "sourceType": "modeled" }, "days": [ { "forecastStart": "2024-10-16T22:00:00Z", "forecastEnd": "2024-10-17T22:00:00Z", "conditionCode": "MostlyClear", "maxUvIndex": 3, "moonPhase": "waxingGibbous", "moonrise": "2024-10-17T16:07:30Z", "moonset": "2024-10-17T05:19:30Z", "precipitationAmount": 0.0, ... "windSpeedMax": 8.23, }, { "forecastStart": "2024-10-17T22:00:00Z", "forecastEnd": "2024-10-18T22:00:00Z", "conditionCode": "Cloudy", "maxUvIndex": 2, "moonPhase": "waningGibbous", "moonrise": "2024-10-18T16:30:22Z", "moonset": "2024-10-18T06:48:39Z", "precipitationAmount": 1.17, ... "windSpeedMax": 8.73, }, { "forecastStart": "2024-10-18T22:00:00Z", "forecastEnd": "2024-10-19T22:00:00Z", "conditionCode": "Cloudy", "maxUvIndex": 2, "moonPhase": "waningGibbous", "moonrise": "2024-10-19T16:59:14Z", "moonset": "2024-10-19T08:18:33Z", "precipitationAmount": 0.02, ... "windSpeedMax": 7.16, }, ] } } As you can see here https://moon.nasa.gov/moon-observation/daily-moon-guide/?intent=011#1729171951907::0:: and on several other sites specialized on the lunar cycle) on 2024-10-17 should be shown full moon. I know this error is probably because the forecast starts prior to the full moon phase and ends after it but customers don't care about technicalities. They see that there is a full moon missing and complain to me. And they are right. Can you fix this somehow? For example, if a DailyForecast spans the majority of a full moon this Day is marked as full moon. Another question: Are you considering providing a moonPhase attribute to the "currentWeather" dataset? That would be the best option. (At least for me :))
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WeatherKit API: Can't get historical data older than 2021-07-31 10:00:00 +0000
Hi, I switched from the Darksky API to Weatherkit and I'm trying to get historical weatherdata. But when i request data older than 2021-07-31 i always get an response with the date 2021-07-31. While using Darksky this was no problem. For Example: Request https://weatherkit.apple.com/api/v1/weather/en/50.308/8.690?dataSets=currentWeather&currentAsOf=2020-10-24T14:15:32Z Response: { "currentWeather": { "name": "CurrentWeather", "metadata": { "attributionURL": "https://weatherkit.apple.com/legal-attribution.html", "expireTime": "2023-04-01T08:36:26Z", "latitude": 50.308, "longitude": 8.690, "readTime": "2023-04-01T08:31:26Z", "reportedTime": "2023-04-01T08:00:00Z", "units": "m", "version": 1 }, "asOf": "2021-07-31T10:00:00Z", "cloudCover": 0.39, "cloudCoverLowAltPct": 0.59, "cloudCoverMidAltPct": 0.30, "cloudCoverHighAltPct": 0.23, "conditionCode": "PartlyCloudy", "daylight": true, "humidity": 0.58, "precipitationIntensity": 0.0, "pressure": 1010.15, "pressureTrend": "steady", "temperature": 19.89, "temperatureApparent": 19.45, "temperatureDewPoint": 11.33, "uvIndex": 5, "visibility": 24134.00, "windDirection": 249, "windGust": 30.88, "windSpeed": 17.81 } } Is this a bug? Am I missing something? If this happens on purpose: Why isn't there any hint in the REST API description? Regards Josef
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Apr ’23