Moonset Over the Chiricahua Mountains Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills: 1801 to 1900
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Introduction
The Moon's orbit is inclined ˜5.1° to Earth's orbit around the Sun. As a result, the Moon’s declination changes rapidly over the course of the draconic month. The extremes in the Moon's southern (or negative) declination ranges from about -18.2° to -28.7°. Similarly, the extremes in the Moon's northern (or positive) declination ranges from about +18.2° to +28.7°.
As its declination changes, so does the azimuth of the lunar rise and set positions along the horizon. When the Moon reaches its minimum or maximum declination, the changing rise an set azimuths halt and reverse direction. This event occurs twice each draconic month and is called lunar standstill.
The gravitational pull of the Sun also forces the moon's orbit to slowly rotate westward on its axis ˜19° per year. In a period of ˜18.6 years, the nodes of the lunar orbit make one complete revolution. The effect on the Moon's declination extremes and lunar standstill points are to change them gradually from month to month.
The monthly declination extremes (and lunar standstills) are further modulated over the 18.6 year precession of the Moon's orbital nodes.
Lunar Standstills Table Description
The table below gives the date and time (Greenwich Mean Time) as well as the Moon's Right Ascention (RA) and Declination (Dec.) for the greatest lunar standstills each year during for the century 1801 to 1900 . For a table of monthly lunar standstills over this century, see Monthly Lunar Standstills: 1801 to 1900 .
The azimuth of the Moon at moonrise depends on the Moon's declination (δ) and the observer's geographic latitude (φ). It can be calculated as follows:
A = ArcCos (sin δ / cos φ) where A = azimuth δ = declination of the Moon φ = observer's latitude (north +, south -)
The azimuth of the Moon at moonset can be calculate by simply subtracting the moonrise azimuth from 360°.
Additional information on lunar standstill is available in Wikipedia
The values of ΔT used to convert Dynamical Time to Greenwich Mean Time in this 100-year table range from 13 to -1 seconds. The uncertainty in the value of ΔT grows large for dates in the distant past or future.
For Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills from 1501 through 2500, see Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills by Century.
Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills: 1801 to 1820
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Year Minimum RA Dec. Maximum RA Dec. 1801 Sep 16 03:51 17h59.8m -28°44.8' Sep 29 07:21 06h00.0m +28°44.9' 1802 Feb 27 04:26 17h52.9m -28°41.3' Mar 11 23:00 05h52.8m +28°42.1' 1803 Feb 17 05:54 17h39.6m -28°15.8' Mar 01 18:55 05h39.2m +28°15.6' 1804 Feb 07 00:38 17h27.3m -27°23.5' Jan 23 17:36 05h27.3m +27°22.7' 1805 Jan 26 15:54 17h16.8m -26°09.8' Jan 13 00:51 05h16.8m +26°09.8' 1806 Jan 16 09:32 17h09.6m -24°40.4' Jan 03 07:36 05h09.3m +24°40.8' 1807 Jan 06 10:04 17h07.1m -23°00.8' Jan 21 00:07 05h07.6m +22°57.6' 1808 Jan 24 01:29 17h12.0m -21°14.6' Jan 11 03:03 05h10.9m +21°18.3' 1809 Jan 13 16:22 17h22.0m -19°49.1' Jan 27 14:50 05h23.0m +19°44.1' 1810 Jan 04 08:40 17h38.6m -18°50.1' Jan 17 19:06 05h39.9m +18°47.4' 1811 Dec 16 15:49 18h20.1m -18°46.3' Dec 29 15:19 06h21.6m +18°46.9' 1812 Dec 06 04:15 18h36.8m -19°43.4' Dec 19 02:38 06h38.4m +19°44.9' 1813 Dec 23 17:15 18h49.6m -21°11.5' Dec 09 13:15 06h48.8m +21°09.4' 1814 Dec 13 16:58 18h53.4m -22°49.5' Dec 27 11:12 06h53.6m +22°49.5' 1815 Dec 03 13:23 18h51.1m -24°29.2' Dec 17 19:08 06h51.1m +24°29.2' 1816 Nov 22 10:37 18h44.0m -26°01.4' Dec 06 23:53 06h44.3m +26°01.0' 1817 Nov 12 11:59 18h34.1m -27°16.8' Oct 30 16:55 06h34.4m +27°16.5' 1818 Nov 02 18:07 18h22.1m -28°09.7' Oct 20 08:07 06h22.2m +28°10.2' 1819 Sep 26 21:00 18h08.5m -28°39.7' Oct 09 20:46 06h08.5m +28°39.9' 1820 Mar 08 21:12 18h01.4m -28°44.4' Mar 21 12:59 06h01.4m +28°45.3'
Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills: 1821 to 1840
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Year Minimum RA Dec. Maximum RA Dec. 1821 Feb 26 21:09 17h47.6m -28°35.0' Mar 11 10:16 05h47.4m +28°34.9' 1822 Feb 16 14:00 17h34.4m -27°57.7' Feb 02 10:09 05h34.4m +27°56.8' 1823 Feb 06 03:52 17h22.6m -26°57.0' Jan 23 17:54 05h22.6m +26°57.1' 1824 Jan 26 21:06 17h13.4m -25°36.9' Jan 13 23:51 05h13.3m +25°37.6' 1825 Jan 15 22:06 17h08.1m -24°01.8' Jan 03 02:47 05h07.8m +24°02.8' 1826 Jan 06 06:19 17h07.7m -22°20.2' Jan 20 13:07 05h08.2m +22°16.9' 1827 Jan 24 04:26 17h15.3m -20°37.4' Jan 10 12:37 05h14.0m +20°42.4' 1828 Jan 14 19:55 17h28.2m -19°21.2' Jan 27 23:25 05h29.3m +19°17.1' 1829 Jan 04 10:14 17h46.9m -18°35.5' Jan 17 08:31 05h48.1m +18°33.0' 1830 Dec 16 10:50 18h27.5m -19°05.4' Dec 29 13:12 06h29.1m +19°05.4' 1831 Dec 06 17:23 18h42.3m -20°14.1' Dec 20 02:29 06h43.6m +20°15.4' 1832 Dec 23 02:02 18h52.1m -21°47.9' Dec 09 14:43 06h51.2m +21°46.5' 1833 Dec 13 01:27 18h53.2m -23°28.4' Dec 27 09:54 06h53.2m +23°28.3' 1834 Dec 03 01:35 18h48.8m -25°06.9' Dec 17 13:39 06h48.9m +25°06.5' 1835 Nov 23 04:48 18h40.6m -26°32.5' Nov 10 05:37 06h40.9m +26°32.3' 1836 Nov 12 11:29 18h29.7m -27°39.1' Oct 29 20:47 06h29.9m +27°39.5' 1837 Oct 06 13:52 18h17.1m -28°24.6' Oct 19 10:31 06h16.9m +28°24.9' 1838 Sep 26 17:07 18h03.4m -28°45.0' Oct 09 05:03 06h03.3m +28°44.4' 1839 Mar 09 12:09 17h56.3m -28°44.3' Mar 22 02:24 05h56.4m +28°44.3' 1840 Feb 27 03:22 17h42.5m -28°22.9' Mar 11 08:46 05h42.6m +28°22.0'
Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills: 1841 to 1860
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Year Minimum RA Dec. Maximum RA Dec. 1841 Feb 15 16:16 17h29.5m -27°36.7' Feb 02 11:12 05h29.5m +27°36.8' 1842 Jan 09 03:57 17h18.7m -26°28.2' Jan 23 16:12 05h18.8m +26°28.9' 1843 Jan 26 11:29 17h11.1m -25°00.4' Jan 13 16:52 05h11.1m +25°01.7' 1844 Jan 16 20:24 17h07.9m -23°21.2' Jan 03 14:36 05h07.2m +23°23.0' 1845 Jan 06 08:01 17h09.7m -21°41.2' Jan 19 20:13 05h10.1m +21°38.3' 1846 Jan 24 07:33 17h20.0m -20°03.2' Jan 09 22:05 05h18.7m +20°09.2' 1847 Jan 14 19:28 17h35.3m -18°57.7' Jan 27 14:15 05h36.5m +18°53.7' 1848 Dec 25 15:57 18h16.3m -18°39.4' Dec 11 11:20 06h14.8m +18°37.6' 1849 Dec 15 23:03 18h34.5m -19°28.9' Dec 29 15:02 06h35.9m +19°28.9' 1850 Dec 06 02:15 18h46.8m -20°47.1' Dec 20 04:08 06h47.5m +20°48.6' 1851 Dec 23 13:17 18h53.2m -22°26.5' Dec 10 14:36 06h52.6m +22°25.8' 1852 Dec 12 16:37 18h52.1m -24°07.8' Dec 27 02:22 06h52.1m +24°07.5' 1853 Dec 02 21:38 18h46.1m -25°41.3' Nov 19 17:36 06h46.2m +25°41.2' 1854 Nov 23 04:38 18h36.5m -26°59.9' Nov 09 09:17 06h36.7m +27°00.3' 1855 Oct 17 06:16 18h25.3m -27°59.9' Oct 30 00:35 06h24.8m +28°00.2' 1856 Oct 06 08:26 18h12.5m -28°36.0' Oct 18 21:03 06h12.3m +28°35.6' 1857 Sep 26 02:00 17h58.5m -28°44.2' Sep 11 18:46 05h59.0m +28°44.0' 1858 Mar 08 16:42 17h51.3m -28°38.6' Mar 22 02:10 05h51.5m +28°37.7' 1859 Feb 26 05:07 17h37.3m -28°08.0' Feb 13 04:34 05h37.3m +28°08.0' 1860 Feb 15 23:06 17h25.2m -27°12.6' Feb 03 08:26 05h25.5m +27°13.5'
Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills: 1861 to 1880
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Year Minimum RA Dec. Maximum RA Dec. 1861 Jan 08 19:53 17h15.9m -25°56.3' Jan 23 06:57 05h16.2m +25°56.3' 1862 Jan 26 11:33 17h10.2m -24°21.4' Jan 13 01:55 05h09.6m +24°23.7' 1863 Jan 16 22:44 17h08.8m -22°41.3' Jan 02 21:48 05h07.5m +22°44.2' 1864 Jan 07 08:28 17h12.6m -21°03.7' Jan 20 05:40 05h13.3m +21°00.8' 1865 Jan 24 04:30 17h25.6m -19°32.3' Jan 09 14:47 05h24.4m +19°38.1' 1866 Jan 14 12:02 17h42.9m -18°40.5' Jan 27 14:33 05h44.4m +18°36.1' 1867 Dec 26 03:49 18h24.6m -18°54.2' Dec 12 14:15 06h23.3m +18°52.4' 1868 Dec 15 09:51 18h40.3m -19°56.2' Dec 29 16:18 06h41.4m +19°56.5' 1869 Dec 05 14:31 18h49.6m -21°23.6' Dec 20 02:21 06h50.3m +21°25.6' 1870 Dec 23 07:31 18h53.7m -23°06.1' Dec 10 07:08 06h53.2m +23°05.9' 1871 Dec 13 14:17 18h50.3m -24°44.7' Nov 30 04:53 06h50.3m +24°44.6' 1872 Dec 02 21:23 18h42.3m -26°13.1' Nov 18 21:38 06h42.5m +26°13.5' 1873 Oct 26 22:01 18h32.7m -27°26.1' Nov 08 14:56 06h32.1m +27°26.5' 1874 Oct 16 23:09 18h21.3m -28°17.2' Oct 29 13:29 06h21.0m +28°16.8' 1875 Oct 06 15:35 18h07.7m -28°41.6' Sep 22 12:05 06h08.3m +28°41.2' 1876 Mar 18 05:58 18h00.3m -28°44.3' Mar 31 19:44 06h00.7m +28°43.5' 1877 Mar 07 18:26 17h45.7m -28°30.0' Feb 22 21:49 05h45.6m +28°30.0' 1878 Feb 25 13:25 17h32.7m -27°49.2' Feb 13 00:26 05h32.9m +27°50.0' 1879 Jan 19 11:36 17h22.1m -26°45.1' Feb 02 20:53 05h22.4m +26°45.0' 1880 Jan 09 19:24 17h14.2m -25°21.8' Jan 23 13:32 05h13.8m +25°21.3'
Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills: 1881 to 1900
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Year Minimum RA Dec. Maximum RA Dec. 1881 Jan 26 14:01 17h10.1m -23°42.1' Jan 12 07:54 05h08.8m +23°45.7' 1882 Jan 16 21:38 17h10.1m -22°01.5' Jan 02 08:37 05h09.1m +22°05.0' 1883 Jan 07 02:47 17h16.0m -20°27.7' Jan 20 00:15 05h17.4m +20°24.2' 1884 Jan 24 17:36 17h32.0m -19°07.0' Jan 10 15:33 05h30.9m +19°11.6' 1885 Dec 08 00:10 18h10.3m -18°31.6' Dec 22 01:07 06h11.9m +18°32.2' 1886 Dec 25 17:05 18h31.5m -19°14.0' Dec 12 16:23 06h30.3m +19°12.7' 1887 Dec 16 01:38 18h44.7m -20°28.3' Dec 30 12:28 06h45.5m +20°29.2' 1888 Dec 05 10:14 18h51.9m -22°02.2' Dec 19 17:02 06h52.5m +22°04.2' 1889 Dec 23 06:30 18h52.9m -23°44.2' Dec 09 15:26 06h52.8m +23°44.3' 1890 Dec 13 13:34 18h46.9m -25°20.0' Nov 29 09:56 06h47.2m +25°20.3' 1891 Nov 06 13:00 18h39.2m -26°44.1' Nov 19 05:37 06h38.6m +26°44.4' 1892 Oct 26 13:07 18h29.4m -27°48.8' Nov 08 06:10 06h29.1m +27°48.5' 1893 Oct 16 04:46 18h16.5m -28°28.9' Oct 02 05:24 06h17.1m +28°28.4' 1894 Oct 05 16:46 18h01.7m -28°43.7' Sep 22 14:07 06h01.8m +28°44.3' 1895 Mar 18 08:12 17h54.3m -28°42.2' Mar 05 14:47 05h54.1m +28°42.1' 1896 Mar 07 04:28 17h40.8m -28°16.9' Feb 23 16:02 05h40.9m +28°17.8' 1897 Jan 29 03:53 17h29.1m -27°26.6' Feb 12 10:29 05h29.3m +27°26.6' 1898 Jan 19 12:14 17h19.6m -26°14.7' Feb 02 01:21 05h19.0m +26°14.0' 1899 Jan 09 19:28 17h12.7m -24°46.3' Jan 22 18:56 05h11.9m +24°45.3' 1900 Jan 27 10:57 17h09.9m -23°01.5' Jan 12 19:49 05h09.0m +23°05.9'
Acknowledgement
All calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Algorithms used in predicting the Moon's monthly lunar standstills are based on Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus (Willmann-Bell, Inc., Richmond, 1999).
Permission is granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by a link to this page and the credit line:
- "Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills Table Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com".
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Monthly Lunar Standstills By Century
- Monthly Lunar Standstills: 1501 to 1600
- Monthly Lunar Standstills: 1601 to 1700
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- Monthly Lunar Standstills: 1901 to 2000
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- Greatest Annual Lunar Standstills: 2401 to 2500
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- Perigee and Apogee: 1901 to 2000
- Perigee and Apogee: 2001 to 2100
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