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Well, I figured out where I went wrong with the moon....
Any guesses?
The same thing my physics students do... sign error!
Declination, declination, declination. It's more important for
calculated height.

First mistake: I did not examine the almanac to note that declination
was decreasing, which it does in May. I should have subtracted 7.7
minutes instead of adding.

Second mistake: I also did not note that for LHA=336 degrees the
difference was going down as declination increased. In other words I
ignored the little negative sign. It was given on the nearby d values,
but not on the one I looked at, so I added to the tabulated height
when I should have subtracted.

Third mistake: I did not even add the right number. I used the
declination for the hour instead of the corrected declination for
hours and minutes.

When I fixed everything, I was very close (about one minute) to the
value on my PDA.

Now the LOP for the moon is acceptable.

I won't make that mistake again soon.


On to the next problem...


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