Lunar distance (navigation)
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lunar-distance-navigation-206-5801384
title:
Lunar distance (navigation)
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In celestial navigation, lunar distance, also called a lunar, is the angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body. The lunar distances method uses this angle and a nautical almanac to calculate Greenwich time if so desired, or by extension any other time. That calculated time can be used in solving a spherical triangle. The theory was first published by Johannes Werner in 1524, before the necessary almanacs had been published. A fuller method was published in 1763 and used until
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Angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_distance_(navigation)
date created:
2006-02-14T16:37:54Z
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2024-09-10T16:57:20Z
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