<p>It is tabulated, and available online in several places. One of them is the Nautical Almanac at thenauticalalmanc.com. It has the position of the moon for every hour this year and a number of past years. It shows the position as a GHA, for Greenwich hour angle, which is the west longitude of the location on Earth that the moon is directly above. It also has the declination, which, you seem to know, is the latitude of that position. Another thing you might find useful is the HP (horizontal parallax) column which can be used to determine the distance to the moon.</p>

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2022-07-02T11:06:50.957Z
Would you have a link to the nautical almanac? thenauticalalmanc.com doesn't seem to yield any results
usernumber
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2021-04-19T12:58:29.740Z
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<p><strong>Are there published tables for Lunar Inclination?</strong></p>
<p>I am interested because I believe this determines the degree of  &quot;Diurnal Inequality&quot; of tides. There are tons of publishes tables of tides and a NOAA site shows tides graphically. Can the inclination (maybe) be inferred from moon's rise and set times?</p>

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2021-04-15T21:13:54.950Z
Do you mean lunar declination e.g. [this article on tide formation](https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/tides/tide-formation-tide-height) I think the lunar orbit's inclination changes a much smaller amount and over a longer timescale Figure 4-10 of [this](https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/moonorbit.html). In general, the details of the Moon's orbit are very complicated and large numbers of periodic terms are needed to give an accurate position
astrosnapper
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2021-04-16T08:09:25.077Z
Related: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/29932/16685 [Lunar theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_theory) is complicated; also see [Lunar standstill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_standstill). Tides are even more complicated, see https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/121858/123208
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2021-04-17T12:46:27.703Z
@astrosnapper, Oops, yes, I did mean "declination". And, I am not interested in the ghastly math  if it IS so complicated, all the more reason there should be pre-calculated tables, No?
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# Lunar Inclination

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-15)

**Are there published tables for Lunar Inclination?**

I am interested because I believe this determines the degree of "Diurnal Inequality" of tides. There are tons of publishes tables of tides and a NOAA site shows tides graphically. Can the inclination (maybe) be inferred from moon's rise and set times?

**Tags:** the-moon, tidal-forces, inclination
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you mean lunar declination e.g. [this article on tide formation](https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/tides/tide-formation-tide-height) I think the lunar orbit's inclination changes a much smaller amount and over a longer timescale Figure 4-10 of [this](https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/moonorbit.html). In general, the details of the Moon's orbit are very complicated and large numbers of periodic terms are needed to give an accurate position  
> **username_2**: Related: https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/29932/16685 [Lunar theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_theory) is complicated; also see [Lunar standstill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_standstill). Tides are even more complicated, see https://physics.stackexchange.com/a/121858/123208  
> **username_0**: @astrosnapper, Oops, yes, I did mean "declination". And, I am not interested in the ghastly math  if it IS so complicated, all the more reason there should be pre-calculated tables, No?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-04-19. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

It is tabulated, and available online in several places. One of them is the Nautical Almanac at thenauticalalmanc.com. It has the position of the moon for every hour this year and a number of past years. It shows the position as a GHA, for Greenwich hour angle, which is the west longitude of the location on Earth that the moon is directly above. It also has the declination, which, you seem to know, is the latitude of that position. Another thing you might find useful is the HP (horizontal parallax) column which can be used to determine the distance to the moon.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Would you have a link to the nautical almanac? thenauticalalmanc.com doesn't seem to yield any results  

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