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+.help moon Jun99 "Slalib Package"
+.nf
+
+ SUBROUTINE slMOON (IY, ID, FD, PV)
+
+ - - - - -
+ M O O N
+ - - - - -
+
+ Approximate geocentric position and velocity of the Moon
+ (single precision).
+
+ Given:
+ IY i year
+ ID i day in year (1 = Jan 1st)
+ FD r fraction of day
+
+ Returned:
+ PV r(6) Moon position & velocity vector
+
+ Notes:
+
+ 1 The date and time is TDB (loosely ET) in a Julian calendar
+ which has been aligned to the ordinary Gregorian
+ calendar for the interval 1900 March 1 to 2100 February 28.
+ The year and day can be obtained by calling slCAYD or
+ slCLYD.
+
+ 2 The Moon 6-vector is Moon centre relative to Earth centre,
+ mean equator and equinox of date. Position part, PV(1-3),
+ is in AU; velocity part, PV(4-6), is in AU/sec.
+
+ 3 The position is accurate to better than 0.5 arcminute
+ in direction and 1000 km in distance. The velocity
+ is accurate to better than 0.5"/hour in direction and
+ 4 m/s in distance. (RMS figures with respect to JPL DE200
+ for the interval 1960-2025 are 14 arcsec and 0.2 arcsec/hour in
+ longitude, 9 arcsec and 0.2 arcsec/hour in latitude, 350 km and
+ 2 m/s in distance.) Note that the distance accuracy is
+ comparatively poor because this routine is principally intended
+ for computing topocentric direction.
+
+ 4 This routine is only a partial implementation of the original
+ Meeus algorithm (reference below), which offers 4 times the
+ accuracy in direction and 30 times the accuracy in distance
+ when fully implemented (as it is in slDMON).
+
+ Reference:
+ Meeus, l'Astronomie, June 1984, p348.
+
+ Called: slS2C6
+
+ P.T.Wallace Starlink 8 December 1994
+
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
+ Copyright (C) 1995 Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc.
+
+.fi
+.endhelp