The brief epithet for the method of finding the longitude by the moon and sun or moon and stars. (See working a lunar.)
·noun A lunar distance. II. Lunar ·adj Resembling the moon; orbed. III. Lunar ·adj Of or pertainin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The interval between a departure and return of the moon to the meridian. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
An important element in finding the longitude at sea, by what is termed nautical astronomy. It is ef...
See variation of the moon. ...
The method of observing the apparent distances between given celestial objects, and then clearing th...
The tabulated logarithmic aid for correcting the apparent distance, and facilitating the reduction o...
Reducing the observations of the sun and moon, or moon and stars, in order to find the longitude. Al...
The longitude calculated by observing the moon's angular distance from the sun or a fixed star. It i...