# Positions for a time range

Use the `body-position` end point to obtain the position (and related values) of the Sun, Moon, and/or the Galactic Center in a variety of astronomical coordinate systems.

If both `DATE_TIME_FROM` and `DATE_TIME_TO` are specified, the API returns values for the given time range at a default time interval of 60 seconds.

You can override the default interval by supplying your own value for the `interval`query parameter.

The following example calculates the position of Sun every five minutes from 12pm UTC to 1pm UTC on Sep 1 2023:

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```
GET https://api.radiantdrift.com/body-position/2023-09-01T12:00:00Z/2023-09-01T13:00:00Z/?body=sun&interval=300
```

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The `response` property is a dictionary of calculated body positions at the request times/intervals.  An excerpt of the response is:

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```json
{
  "query": {
    "name": "body-position",
    "start-date": "2023-09-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "end-date": "2023-09-01T13:00:00.000Z",
    "obs": null,
    "alg": "standard",
    "high-accuracy": false,
    "body": [
      "sun"
    ],
    "ra-decl": null,
    "extras": [],
    "interval": 300
  },
  "response": {
    "2023-09-01T12:00:00.000Z": {
      "sun": {
        "dateTD": "2023-09-01T12:01:09.140Z",
        "jde": 2460189.00080023,
        "eclipticCoordinates": {
          "λ": 158.80751482,
          "β": 0
        },
        "apparentCoordinates": {
          "decl": 8.26737356,
          "ra": 160.41792175
        },
        "apparentLongitude": 158.80751482,
        "radiusVector": 1.00927514,
        "obliquityOfEcliptic": 23.43621354,
        "equatorialHorizontalParallax": 0.00242033
      }
    },
    "2023-09-01T12:05:00.000Z": {
      "sun": {
        "dateTD": "2023-09-01T12:06:09.140Z",
        "jde": 2460189.00427245,
        "eclipticCoordinates": {
          "λ": 158.81087415,
          "β": 0
        },
        "apparentCoordinates": {
          "decl": 8.26611461,
          "ra": 160.42106895
        },
        "apparentLongitude": 158.81087415,
        "radiusVector": 1.00927432,
        "obliquityOfEcliptic": 23.43621354,
        "equatorialHorizontalParallax": 0.00242033
      }
    },
    "2023-09-01T12:10:00.000Z": {
      "sun": {
        "dateTD": "2023-09-01T12:11:09.140Z",
        "jde": 2460189.00774468,
        ...
```

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