README

Pure JavaScript implementation of ephemeris calculations for sun, planets, comets, asteroids and stars.

The initial implementation was the Astronomical Almanac (aa-56) by Steve Moshier written in c. Full documentation can be found at http://www.moshier.net/aadoc.html
A debian package for the Astronomical Almanac can be found here: http://packages.debian.org/testing/science/astronomical-almanac

It also uses Moshier's planets according to DE404 plan404.zip found at http://www.moshier.net/ This is the trigonometric series for the motions of the nine planets, adjusted for a best fit to JPL's DE404 Long (3000 B.C. to 3000 A.D) Ephemeris.

Github user mivion converted Moshier's program from c to JavaScript.
https://github.com/mivion/ephemeris

This respository is Kent Bye's modified version of mivion's implementation

The index.html file will by default calculate the planetary positions at the time of the page load. You can also calculate the positions for a specific time by entering in a time in a drop-down select list. You will need to convert the time to UTC.

A demo page can be seen here: http://nataltransits.com and http://nataltransits.com/moon.html

Mivion's original index.html file can be found at ephemerides.html. Click the equal sign to populate the Body drop down. Select the planetary body, and click one of the buttons again to calculate the Longitude.

Licensed under GPL version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html).