Moon Phases.

Nigel Martin

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Hi Guys,

Does anyone have a spreadsheet or the formulas that calculate the moon phases for any given year in the UK.

Thanks in advance.
 

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hi!
here's am approxiamtion of the moon phase
0..3 is new moon.
4..7 full moon.
try this. not fully tested.
but please give me feed back .ok

<font face=Courier New><SPAN style="color:#00007F">Function</SPAN> Moon_Phase(y, m, d) <SPAN style="color:#00007F">As</SPAN> <SPAN style="color:#00007F">Integer</SPAN>
    <SPAN style="color:#00007F">If</SPAN> m < 3 <SPAN style="color:#00007F">Then</SPAN>
        y = y - 1
        m = m + 12
    <SPAN style="color:#00007F">End</SPAN> <SPAN style="color:#00007F">If</SPAN>
    m = m + m
    c = 365.25 * y
    e = 30.6 * m
    jd = c + e + d - 694039.09
    jd = jd / 29.53
    b = Int(jd)
    jd = jd - b
    b = Int(jd * 8 + 0.5)
    <SPAN style="color:#00007F">If</SPAN> b = 8 <SPAN style="color:#00007F">Then</SPAN> b = 0
    Moon_Phase = b
<SPAN style="color:#00007F">End</SPAN> <SPAN style="color:#00007F">Function</SPAN></FONT>
 
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