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Moon Phases

Version 2.1.1 (93.7 MB) by Meysam Mahooti
Determination of lunar phases and checking for eclipses
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Input: year and local time-UT[h]
Output: phases of the Moon and time of lunar eclipses are specified.
References:
Montenbruck O., Pfleger T.; Astronomy on the Personal Computer; Springer Verlag, Heidelberg; 4th edition (2000).
Meeus J., "Astronomical Algorithms," Willmann-Bell, Richmond, Virginia, 2nd edition (1998).
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/eph_export.html
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat5/deltatpoly.html
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/

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Meysam Mahooti (2023). Moon Phases (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/55270-moon-phases), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Moon Phases

Version Published Release Notes
2.1.1

It was revised on 2022-10-02.
2.1.0.0

The DE436 full matrix is added.
2.0.0.0

ETminUT.m is updated to cover more years considering you are using DE430Coeff.mat full matrix from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331821512_JPL_Planetary_and_Lunar_Ephemerides_DE430_full_MATLAB_matrix
1.1.0.0

ETminUT.m is revised and JPL Development Ephemeris (DE430) are used for computation of the Sun and the Moon positions in PhasesFunc.m.
1.0.0.0

Revised on 2017-03-05.
The image is added.