Position of the Moon: for a day for a month for a year
Analemma of the Moon
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Input (gray cells only): 1) date, month, year, and UT (h, min) |
Analemma of the Moon
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Input (gray cells only): 1) date, month, year, and UT (h, min) |
| The spreadsheet is using algorithms by Jean
Meeus (Astronomical Algorithms, Willmann-Bell), computing
the position of the Moon on the local horizon. Comparing the results of my spreadsheet for airless elevation with the 4 decimal places of MICA the mean absolute error is only (0,036 ± 0,018)°. The article "Analemmas auf anderen
Planeten" by K.
von Bünau and M. Kaschke (Sterne
und Weltraum, 7/2022, p. 60-67) is presenting two
diagrams showing the analemma of the Moon on the
terrestrial horizon (declination vs. equation of time).
My spreadsheet is drawing the same
analemmata seen on a local horizon (50°N, 10°E) at
time intervals of 24 h 50 min 28.3 s, the culmination
period of the Moon, by elevation vs. azimuth
(rectangular coordinates):
Open this
table:
 1. from 2020, Mar 26, UT 13 to
2020, Apr 26, UT 14:14:09.0
 2. from 2014, Mar 15, UT 23:00:00 to
2014, Apr 14, UT 23:23:40,7
  great northern declination of the Moon |
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Astronomy
Picture of the Day, Analemma of the Moon (2005 July
13) Astronomy Picture of the Day, Analemma of the Moon (2020 May 7) Analemma of the Moon (NASA SCIENCE) Lunar Analemma Budapest (Gyorgy Soponyai) Analemmas auf anderen Planeten (K. von Bünau, M. Kaschke) Zusatzmaterialien zum Artikel in der Zeitschrift Sterne und Weltraum 7/2022, S.60-68 (M. Kaschke) Horizons Web Application (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Hebbeker, Thomas: Mondanalemma - die monatliche und jährliche Bewegung des Mondes am Himmel, VdS Journal für Astronomie Nr. 52 (1/2015), S.85-88 MICA (Multiliyear Interactive Computer Almanac), US Naval Observator from Amazon (de), Amazon com |
