Use javascript in order to set the current percentage of a css animation

Question

I use a css animation to represent the sun cycle for a day (from 6AM to 6PM). Unfortunatly, I want also to be able to set the current percentage depending on the time of the day (for example, if the current time is 12AM, I want to put the sun at 50% of the animation.

Here is my jsfiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/vyhjt6mu/3/

and Here is my code :

/* Chrome, Safari, Opera */

@-webkit-keyframes sunAnimation {
  0% {
    left: -100px;
    top: 30%;
  }
  25% {
    left: calc(25% - 25px);
    top: 20%;
  }
  50% {
    left: calc(50% - 40px);
    top: 10%;
  }
  75% {
    left: calc(75% + 25px);
    top: 20%;
  }
  100% {
    left: calc(100% + 100px);
    top: 30%;
  }
}
@keyframes sunAnimation {
  0% {
    left: -100px;
    top: 30%;
  }
  25% {
    left: calc(25% - 25px);
    top: 20%;
  }
  50% {
    left: calc(50% - 40px);
    top: 10%;
  }
  75% {
    left: calc(75% + 25px);
    top: 20%;
  }
  100% {
    left: calc(100% + 100px);
    top: 30%;
  }
}
.sun {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  position: absolute;
  animation-name: sunAnimation;
  animation-duration: 60s;
  animation-timing-function: linear;
  -webkit-animation-name: sunAnimation;
  /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
  -webkit-animation-duration: 60s;
  /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
  -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;
  /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
}

How can I simply set the current percentage of a css3 animation ? If it's very complex to do it, does a library exist for that ?

Thanks for your help.

It's not a duplicate because the needs are different.

Answer 1

You can specify a negative animation-delay property.

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/vyhjt6mu/4/

In that example I've set animation-delay: -30s so the animation will start from the middle point

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For this task you could set 24 different classes in CSS (one for each hour) like so

.h00 {
  animation-delay: 0s; 
  -webkit-animation-delay: 0s; 
}

.h01 {
  animation-delay: -2.5s; 
  -webkit-animation-delay: -2.5s; 
}

.h02 {
  animation-delay: -5s; 
  -webkit-animation-delay: -5s; 
}

...

.h22 {
  animation-delay: -55s; 
  -webkit-animation-delay: -55s; 
}

.h23 {
  animation-delay: -57.5s; 
  -webkit-animation-delay: -57.5s; 
}

where the difference of delay between each hour is 2.5 seconds (60s/24); then, via JS, get the current hour via getHours() method and apply the right class name to your element