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Re: Jupiter and a crescent Moon
From: Todd Spath
Date: 2026 Feb 21, 04:26 -0800
From: Todd Spath
Date: 2026 Feb 21, 04:26 -0800
I'm estimating you to be 36N 75d40m W, or near the Avalon Pier.
I used an "offshore" AP of 36N 75d30m W which gave me an intercept of -9.6 nm at 102d (or +9.6 nm at 282d) for the Jupiter sight.
I got a bit wrapped around the axle with the moon sight, about how to treat the movement and time offset between the two sights. Eventually I just used the same AP as for jupiter and assumed I was already there and "anchored" for the duration. I came up with an intercept of 10.2nm at 255d for the moon sight. Plotting these LOP's shows an intersection in the neighborhood of the pier.
