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Oah Noah!  Just when I thought I could start on my backlog of paperwork, another Frank Puzzle crops up.

INTRODUCTION
Assumptions:
1.  We are on the Earth
2.  We are in the Northern Hemisphere
3.  It is pre-dawn
Then:
1.  We are looking south(ish), east is left(ish), and west is right(ish)
2.  We have scale from the Moon’s diameter, say 30’.
3.  Venus is about five Moon diameters above the Moon, say 2.5 degrees.
4.  Saturn is about two Moon diameters below the Moon, say 1.0 degrees
5.  A line joining Venus to Saturn lies parallel to the line through the Moons horns.  Does this mean Venus and Saturn have the same LHA?  Probably not, it would depend upon the season, i.e. the closeness to the equinoxes.
6.  It is between day 26 and 27 of the Moon’s cycle
7.  If we were at the equinoxes, we could get latitude from the slope of the line through the Moon’s horn’s (approx. 45N), and Venus and Saturn would have the same hour angle  and a difference in declination of about 3.5 degrees, which might help us find time and longitude by scanning tables.

So, who is going to write CHAPTER ONE, because that’s the end of my knowledge without spending a lot more time with Professor Google.  DaveP