wynnhengemoon.frink

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// Program to calculate moon alignments with the focus of the Wynn hotel
// in Las Vegas.

use sun.frink

North = +1
South = -1
West = +1
East = -1

lat = 36.12815 degrees North
long = 115.16615 degrees West

// Approximate direction of the focus (pretty close to due west)
axis = (177.86 + 90) degrees

// Conversion to coordinate system used by Meeus
axisMeeus = (axis - 180 degrees) mod circle

date = #2018-01-01 12:00#
dateOut = ### yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss a zzz ###

sep = "\t"

while (date <= #2019#)
{
   date = moonSecantAzimuth[date, lat, long, axisMeeus]
   
   [azimuth, altitude] = refractedMoonAzimuthAltitude[date, lat, long]
   print[(date -> [dateOut, "Pacific"]) + sep]
   print[format[JD[date],day,5] + sep]
   print[format[altitude,degrees,2] + sep]
   print[format[moonIlluminatedFraction[date], percent, 1] + sep]
//   radiusAngle = moonRadiusAngle[date]
   println[]
   
   date = date + 1 day
}


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This is a program written in the programming language Frink.
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