include Julian -- graph phase of moon for a month t = JD(1996,2,X) plot (1-cos(l2-lambda_sun))/2 Xmin = 0; Xmax = 31 Ymin = 0; Ymax = 1; Ydiv = .25 --------------------------------------------------- -- from "Practical astronomy with your calculator" -- by Peter Duffet-Smith -- 3rd edition 1988 D = t-2447891.5+55/86400 -- TDT = UT+55 in 1986 l = 13.1763966*D+l0 M_moon = l-0.1114041*D-P0 Ev = 1.2739*sin(2*C-M_moon) Ae = 0.1858*sin(M_sun) A3 = 0.37*sin(M_sun) C = l-lambda_sun M_moon1 = M_moon+Ev-Ae-A3 Ec = 6.2886*sin(M_moon1) A4 = 0.214*sin(2*M_moon1) l1 = l+Ev+Ec-Ae+A4 V = 0.6583*sin(2*(l1-lambda_sun)) l2 = l1+V l0 = 318.351648 P0 = 36.340410 N0 = 318.510107 --------------------------------------------------- M_sun = 360/365.242191*D+epsilong-omegabarg lambda_sun = v+omegabarg v = M_sun+360/pi*e_sun*sin(M_sun) epsilong = 279.403303 omegabarg = 282.768422 e_sun = 0.016713