Air Almanac

The Air Almanac 2018 contains the astronomical data required for air celestial navigation, making it a necessary resource for all pilots and others attempting to chart routes based on celestial bodies. This edition of the Almanac includes information for the year 2018 on the following topics: Sunrise, sunset, and twilight tables Sky diagrams for each month Rise and set times of the Moon for a range of latitudes Positions of the navigational stars The Almanac also provides the Greenwich hour angle and declination of the Sun, Moon, and three navigational planets along with the Greenwich hour angle of Aries, all tabulated at 10-minute intervals. With all of this data organized into two pages per calendar day, this new paperback edition provides comprehensive, organized navigational information for each day of the year.

Provides astronomical data for air navigation. Contains ephemeral data for the year, together with auxiliary tables and graphs, and a brief explanation of the use of the volume. Presents data for the Sun, Moon, Aries, planets, and stars. Includes a CD-ROM in a pocket which contains the same information as found on the printed publication in Portable Document Format (PDF). Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar product to view and print.

This book is intended for readers who are either already familiar with celestial navigation or are planning to take up the subject, and want to learn about optional resources. This booklet does not teach celestial navigation, nor is it a copy of the Air Almanac. There are marine navigators who prefer the Air Almanac over the Nautical Almanac. This booklet compares the two almanacs so others can make their choice as well. The Sky Diagrams of the Air Almanac are an important resource for all navigators, but they can easily be overlooked by those who rely on the Nautical Almanac alone. With that in mind, we give these diagrams here a well deserved review and comparison with competing manual methods of predicting the best bodies to use for a round of sextant sights with an eye toward optimizing the accuracy of the resulting position fix. The right choice of bodies is crucial to the final accuracy. For an introduction to or review of celestial navigation, see Celestial Navigation: A Complete Home Study Course.

The Air Almanac contains the astronomical data required for air celestial navigation. The CD-ROM contains the same data found in the previously published book. It provides the following data tabulated at 10-minute intervals to a precision of 1 arcminute: the Greenwich hour angle and declination of the Sun, Moon, and three navigational planets; the Greenwich hour angle of Aries; rise and set times of the Moon for a range of latitudes; and other data. Each edition also contains sky diagrams for each month; sunrise, sunset, and twilight tables; and positions of the navigational stars. The data are produced in collaboration between The U.S. Naval Observatory in the U.S. and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO) in the UK. HMNAO maintains the copyright on the material it produces. Related products: Current Year-- Air Almanac 2018 -- CD-ROM format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/air-almanac-2018-cd-rom Astronomical Almanacs and Navigation Guides product collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/transportation-navigation/almanacs-nav... Aviation resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/transportation-navigation/aviation Other products produced by the U.S. Naval Observatory can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/united-states-naval-observatory-usno

This is the ninth edition of this publication which presents in tabular and graphical form astronomical data required for the planning of activities, in particular aircraft movements, where the amount of daylight, the duration of twilight, and the position and phase of the Moon are important. This annual volume contains data for the times of rising and setting of the Sun and Moon, as well as the twilight times for latitudes between N72 degrees and S60 degrees. Graphical methods for determining this information at altitudes of up to 60,000 feet and at high latitudes are also provided, as are standard times for many places around the world.