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    "Easy Lunars" Moon and Sun altitude corrections
    From: Sergei Akatiev
    Date: 2023 May 3, 13:11 -0700

    Dear Frank,

    Thank you for the interesting and useful material EASY LUNARS on your site!
    Sorry, but I have a couple of questions.

    1. Altitude Correction from the Almanac

    For the Moon you are labeled correction as 36,5’

    But for Moon altitude 46° 40’ I get it 49’ (see the table in the appendix)

    2. You have corrected heights:

    Sun LL corr = 47° 12’
    Moon UL corr = 46° 39,5’

    I thought so and got others:
    Sun LL: Sextant H + IE + d + SD = 47° 49’ – 1’ – 3’ + 15,9’ = 48° 00,9’
    Moon UL: Sextant H + IE + d = 46° 30,3’ – 1’ – 3’ = 46° 26,3’
                                                                         46° 30,3’ = (45° 46,8’ + 47° 13,8’)/ 2

    Could you explain what is the reason for the difference?
    I would be grateful for your answer.

    Best regards,

    Sergei.

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