New Moon Dates 2.0 review

Calculates and displays the Date, time and Lunar Latitude per month for a given year (includes offsets from Prime Meridian and either UT or local time).

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 353K Developer: Nite I's, Inc. Price: $0.00 Updated: 15 Jun 2006

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Calculates and displays the Date, time and Lunar Latitude per month for a given year (includes offsets from Prime Meridian and either UT or local time).

The routines are written in BASIC, are not object oriented and make some assumptions about both software and hardware platforms.

Lunar orbital accuracy is a non-trivial task. The equations for New Moon Dates are derived from the equations used in the book: "Astronomy with Your Personal Computer" by Peter Duffett-Smith.The accuracy claimed in the book is accurate to within two minutes (page 172 of the second edition).The information displayed is the date of the New Moon and the New Moon's latitude.You will have to decide if this is enough accuracy for your needs.

What's New:
Added Daylight Savings Time and an indicator to show when it has affected the date shown.