LunarPhase provides a range of information on the Moon and, to a lesser degree, the Sun. The features of the application are: Moon: Graphically displays the current phase of the moon and the times and dates of the major lunar phases for the month; Provides the following data: illuminated fraction of the lunar disk as a percentage, current age of the moon (since the last New Moon); its distance; realtime position in both RA/Dec and Alt/Az coordinates, parallax and its visible diameter (in arc minutes); times, dates and distances of the next Apogee and Perigee; Position Angle of the bright limb; Phase Angle; Rise, Set and Transit times; Graphical indicatation of Blue Moons; Lunar Eclipse circumstances; Calculation of lunar eclipse dates between two dates; Visibility of lunar eclipses from your location; Names of Full moons throughout the year; Display of daily lunar phases for selected month on a graphic that can be saved for use on web pages. Monthly Lunar Visibility Diagram showing when the moon is above the user's horizon - useful for planning observing sessions. Sun: Realtime position in both RA/Dec and Alt/Az coordinates; Rise, Set and Transit times.
Our Review: This program will be particularly helpful to astronomers and anyone who needs to have detailed information about the moon, such as time of moonset, moonrise, details about eclipses, apogee, perigee and many other not so familiar scientific names. Not being an expert, but well-equipped to compare LunarPhase to the other products on the market, it is hard to imagine more information being offered by any one program. In addition, the user interface looks like some modern MP3 player. Generally, a very good program which will be useful to the specialists in this area.
This software's licence is Shareware - 30 Days Trial, which means that this program allows a free trial period of 30 days from the installation date. This is not free software. Subject to the author's terms, you are licensed by the author to use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days. If you use this software after the 30-day evaluation period a registration fee is required.
If you wish to register and receive the full version of this Shareware - 30 Days Trial program, it will cost you US$ 30.00