import time
import urllib

now = time.time()
localtime = time.localtime(now)

year = localtime[0]
month = localtime[1]
date = localtime[2]

# Search the USNO AAD (US Navel Observatory Astronomical Applications
# Department) site to get Sun/Moon Data for current day.
# First, encode the data.
data = urllib.urlencode({"FFX" : "1", "ID" : "AA",
                         "xxy" : year, "xxm" : month, "xxd" : date,
                         "st" : "SC", "place" : "Charleston"})
# Now get that file-like object again, remembering to mention the data.
f = urllib.urlopen("http://aa.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/aa_pap.pl", data)
# Read the results back.
s = f.read()
f.close()

print s