Chapront-Touzé M., Chapront J. Lunar Tables and Programs from 4000BC to AD8000

Richmond: Willmann-Bell, 1991. — 165 p.This book contains two sets oftables for the geocentric motion of the Moon. The first set provides time-dependent expansions of the longitude, latitude, and radius vector of the Moon, referred to the mean ecliptic and equinox of date . These tables include a large number of terms in order to ensure a sufficient precision in the present period for most users. For historians and others who do not need this full precision, procedures are given for computing middle- and low-precision coordinates that use a much smaller number of terms of the tables (with low-precision, 72 terms for the three coordinates inclusively). Included are formulae for computing coordinates referred to other: reference frames, in particular the true equator and equinox of date, and for correc­ tions of aberration.Foreword
Tables of the explanatory introduction
Explanatory introduction
Contents of the tables
Source
A few comments aboul lunar theory
Time
Time scale
Definition and calculation of the time-argument.
Tables for longitude, latitude. and distance
Representation of the coordinates of the Moon in the tables
Representation of the coordinates of the Moon in the theory
Description of the tables
Computation of geometrie mean ecliptic coordinates of date and Earth- Moon distance
Accuracy and validity
Aberration
Formulae
Computation of apparent mean ecliptic coordinates of date and Earth- Moon distance
Computation of mean equatorial coordinates of date
Computation of true coordinates of date
Nutation.
Computation of true ecliptic coorclinates of date
Computation of true equatorial coordinates of date
Computation of osculating orbital elementsInclirect method.
Direct method: Tables for osculàting orbitai elements
Accuracy and validity
Program LUNE1DescriptionInstructions for we
Program LUNE2.DescriptionInstructions for use
Referense
Tables for longitude, latitude , and distance