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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2010 Sep 12, 14:46 -0700
Paul Jackson, you asked:
"Do you think it may be possible to do a Lunar distance with Venus during the day,has any one on Nav List tried."
Most definitely, and yes I've done them, as have others. Just pre-set your sextant to the estimated angle. At 0h GMT for 9-13-2010 (a few hours from now as I type this), the lunar distance will be about 19.5 degrees. It is increasing at a rate of about 13 degrees per day.
You can quickly clear your sights using the tools on my web site here: www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars.
-FER
PS: The tools on my web site will soon move to ReedNavigation.com/lunars but the old links will forward.
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