@aeva https://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/exp_supp roughly speaking it explains the mathematical models used to caclculate the almanac
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Tony Finch
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i nerd sniped myself tonight and i imagine the NSA operative who is assigned to me is very confused by the increasingly erratic and frustrated google searches for HOW DO I CALCULATE THE MOON WHERE IS THE MOON -
i nerd sniped myself tonight and i imagine the NSA operative who is assigned to me is very confused by the increasingly erratic and frustrated google searches for HOW DO I CALCULATE THE MOON WHERE IS THE MOON@aeva i have copies of the explanatory supplement to the astronomical almanac in case i ever get enough of an urge to write astronomical software – both the 1960s edition and the more recent third edition that takes into account modern atomic time and general relativity and 🤯