Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun and the Moon

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Altitude and Azimuth of the Sun and the Moon

Web: http://www.geoastro.de/altazsunmoon/

Location:
Select a location from the menu list,
or enter latitude and longitude manually.
Don't forget to adjust the time zone.

Look up your coordinates:
in the location database (Heavens Above): 2 million towns and villages world-wide.
Click the applet area first !
Enter latitude (decimal degrees) into the text field of the applet, and press Enter key,
enter longitude (decimal degrees) into the text field of the applet, and press Enter key.

Time Zone
Find the time zone (and coordinates) of cities worldwide: The World Clock

Interactive time zone map of countries around the world.

Key commands:

You may use the keys "m", "d", "h", "n" to increase the month, date, hour, or minute,
or Shift key and "m", "d", "h", "n" to decrease the month, date, hour, or minute !
Click the applet first !

Details menu

Write Day:

Solar and lunar data are computed for one day.

To get this data window select "Write Day" from the menu:

The elevation angles of the Moon are corrected for parallax and atmospheric refraction, which is bending the light while passing through the Earth's atmosphere.
Applet: Atmospheric Refraction

How to compute the position of the Sun
(Basics of positional astronomy)

How to compute the position of the Moon

"Instrument Buch" of Petrus Apianus, 1533
from Bruno H. Bürgel: Aus fernen Welten, 1920

Last Modified: 2012, Jan 27

Location:	Select a location from the menu list, or enter latitude and longitude manually. Don't forget to adjust the time zone.
	Look up your coordinates: in the location database (Heavens Above): 2 million towns and villages world-wide. Click the applet area first ! Enter latitude (decimal degrees) into the text field of the applet, and press Enter key, enter longitude (decimal degrees) into the text field of the applet, and press Enter key.
Time Zone	Find the time zone (and coordinates) of cities worldwide: The World Clock Interactive time zone map of countries around the world.
Key commands:	You may use the keys "m", "d", "h", "n" to increase the month, date, hour, or minute, or Shift key and "m", "d", "h", "n" to decrease the month, date, hour, or minute ! Click the applet first !
Details menu	Write Day: Solar and lunar data are computed for one day.