Computing Basic Solar and Lunar Data from the Air Almanac.

Abstract

This Technical Note provides programmed instruction on the use of the Air Almanac to compute times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and Duration of Civil Twilight for any location between latitudes 60 deg S and 90 deg N. Appropriate basic astronomy is included. This Technical Note updates and supersedes 5WW/TN-79/002.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA190777

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Elliott
  • George T. Gilligan Jr
  • John K. Sanders

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Navigation
  • Circular Orbits
  • Conversion
  • Daylight
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Graphs
  • High Latitudes
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Observatories
  • Orbits
  • Photonic Metamaterials
  • Stars
  • Sunlight
  • Twilight
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris