                      LunarPhase V2.30


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;
Graphical indicatation of Blue Moons; Lunar Eclipse circumstances; Calculation
of lunar eclipse dates between two dates; Visibility of lunar eclipses from
your location; Names of Full moons throughout the year; Display of daily
lunar phases for selected month on a graphic that can be saved for use on
web pages.

Sun: Realtime position in both RA/Dec and 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 and time can be generated using inbuilt
calendar and clock;
enter location by Latitude and Longitude;
display moon as seen through binoculars (or naked eye) or as through an
astronomical telescope;
Daylight Savings Time switch;
Day order on calendar can be changed (i.e. Sun-Sat, Mon-Sun, etc.);
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 month;
Tabular printout of all data displayed on the Tabular screen - includes Local
Sidereal Time at Midnight column for easy reference;
Local Sidereal Time clock;
Links to online lunar websites;
Displays times of Equinoxes and Solstices and seasonal durations;
Displays Day number, Week number (incl. in ISO format), Julian Day number for
selected date on calendar;
Timezones can now be selected in increments of half an hour.

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.

LunarPhase can be registered online at:
         https://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=2622-1


NOTES:

This ZIP archive contains a setup program (lp_setup211.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/

