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From: Robert H. van Gent
Date: 2024 Mar 7, 20:43 +0000
Hi,
Extreme declinations of the Moon were studied in detail by Gunther P. Können and Jean Meeus in the following paper:
G.P. Können & J. Meeus, "Extreme Declinations of the Moon", Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 82 (1972), 192-193.
online here
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1972JBAA...82..192K
Reprinted and updated in Jean Meeus, Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (Willmann-Bell, 1997), pp. 26-28.
Their paper computes the next extreme geocentric declinations of the Moon as:
7 March 2025 15:44 TD, δ = +28;43,00°
22 March 2025 06:39 TD, δ = −28;43,32°
Aldo Vitagliano's SOLEX software computes the extreme geocentric declinations of the Moon in 2025 as:
7 March 2025 15:44:25 TD, δ = +28.71668°
22 March 2025 06:38:37 TD, δ = −28.72568°
Rob van Gent
