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calculate declination and right ascension with limited information
I'm trying to make a game with high accuracy moon position so I followed some equations on geoastro.de Basics of Positional Astronomy and Ephemerides and with some help from the questions answers, I ...
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How to convert GMST to GMST° (degrees) for calculating RA [duplicate]
For calculating the Right Ascension of the moon I need the GMST (Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time) in Degrees.
I have found the formula
GMST = 100.4606184 + 0.9856473662862 * D + H * 15,
D = number of ...
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How to get the right ascension of the Moon?
Is there any approximate way to calculate the right ascension of the Moon? I already got declination but still, need the right ascension to calculate the final position of the moon. Thanks for all ...
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At what rate does the right ascension and declination of a planet, the sun and moon change per hour?
I'm currently building a web app and am getting the RA's and Dec's of solar system objects based on date and time chosen by the user. Then using the gmst for 0 hours of the date, the app calculates ...
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Right Ascension to Zodiac House
At the moment (01-04-2020 09:36) the Moon is situated in Gemini:
"The Moon is currently in the constellation of Gemini. The current Right Ascension is 06h 37m 56s and the Declination is +23° 42' 09”."...
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How to calculate the ground track of the Moon's position on the Earth's surface?
I would like to project the Moon's position on to the surface of the Earth, starting with its position expressed as Right Ascension in degrees.
I know that the declination of the Moon corresponds to ...
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Moon equatorial coordinates
It took some effort, but in the end, I successfully calculated the geographical point of the Sun. I assumed that I could do the same for the Moon.
My plan is:
Find RA and declination of the Moon
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