LunarPhase V1.13


DESCRIPTION:

LunarPhase provides a range of information on the Moon and, to a lesser 
degree, the Sun. The features of the application are:

Moon: Graphically displays the current phase of the moon and the times 
and dates of the major lunar phases for the month; Provides the following 
data: illuminated fraction of the lunar disk as a percentage, current age 
of the moon (since the last New Moon); its distance; realtime position in 
both RA/Dec and Alt/Az coordinates, parallax and its visible diameter (in 
arcminutes); times, dates and distances of the next Apogee and Perigee; 
Position Angle of the bright limb; Phase Angle; Rise, Set and Transit times.

Sun: Realtime position in Alt/Az coordinates; Rise, Set and Transit times.

Twilight: Displays Start and End times for Civil, Nautical and Astronomical 
Twilight.

Other Features: Data for any date can be generated using inbuilt calendar; 
enter location by Latitude and Longitude; North/South hemisphere switch; 
Daylight Savings Time switch; Day order on calendar can be changed; Tabular 
function provides a list of lunar rise/set/transit times, illuminated 
fraction, solar rise/set/transit times and Start/End times for Civil, 
Nautical and Astronomical Twilight for the selected month on one comprehensive 
screen; Calendar printout for the selected; Tabular printout of all data 
displayed on the Tabular screen.
Local Sidereal Time clock.
Links to online lunar websites.

PLATFORM:

Windows 95/98/NT


STATUS:

Shareware. $20, STGœ15, IRœ15. Nag screens will become intrusive after 30 
days or after 100 uses, whichever comes sooner.

NOTES:

This ZIP archive contains a setup program (lp_setup.exe) which installs the 
application on your PC and places an entry for it in your Start Menu. An 
uninstaller is also provided.

This application was written using Borland Delphi 4. No supplemental
runtime files are required for its operation.



CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:

The author can be contacted directly via email at: gnugent@indigo.ie  
or via his "Dublin Night Sky Observer" web site at
http://indigo.ie/~gnugent/dnso/