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On Wednesday 23 February 2005 18:12, Julian Hall wrote:
Anton Channing wrote:Nice little program. Doesn't quite tell me everything I need to know (would be nice if it had 'days since last' full and new moons in addition to 'days till next'), but beggers can't be choosers.Mathematically that wouldn't be difficult to implement would it? I don't have the first clue about programming in C - I did part of a course once (lost interest due to a girlfriend happening ;)) but have since forgotten all I learned. AFAIK each lunar cycle is 28 days (plus loose change), so subtracting the "days till" from 28 gives the "days since last" figure.
You would think, but in practice a lunar month can vary from 26-30 days. I know because I used to get a hard format lunar calendar every year. In fact I got one this year also, but since it was a combined pressie to me an my gf, and I had nowhere to hang it, I let her have it... ;) I presume glunarclock gets info from some kind of database or ephemeris. Programming the required feature is probably easilly within my skill. I might have a go at some point. Right now however I am busier than a hive of bees, (and my mind feels about as fragmented...) so taking on a new project is not on my agenda... Anton -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.