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LUNAR_AND_SOLAR_EPHEMERIDES_SUBROUTINES.agc
# Copyright:	Public domain.
# Filename:	LUNAR_AND_SOLAR_EPHEMERIDES_SUBROUTINES.agc
# Purpose: 	Part of the source code for Luminary 1A build 099.
#		It is part of the source code for the Lunar Module's (LM)
#		Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), for Apollo 11.
# Assembler:	yaYUL
# Contact:	Hartmuth Gutsche <hgutsche@xplornet.com>.
# Website:	www.ibiblio.org/apollo.
# Pages:	984-987
# Mod history:	2009-05-24 HG	Transcribed from page images.
#
# This source code has been transcribed or otherwise adapted from
# digitized images of a hardcopy from the MIT Museum.  The digitization
# was performed by Paul Fjeld, and arranged for by Deborah Douglas of
# the Museum.  Many thanks to both.  The images (with suitable reduction
# in storage size and consequent reduction in image quality as well) are
# available online at www.ibiblio.org/apollo.  If for some reason you
# find that the images are illegible, contact me at info@sandroid.org
# about getting access to the (much) higher-quality images which Paul
# actually created.
#
# Notations on the hardcopy document read, in part:
#
#	Assemble revision 001 of AGC program LMY99 by NASA 2021112-061
#	16:27 JULY 14, 1969

# Page 984
# NAME - LSPOS  - LOCATE SUN AND MOON			DATE - 25 OCT 67
# MOD NO.1
# MOD BY NEVILLE					ASSEMBLY SUNDANCE
#
# FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
#
#        COMPUTES UNIT POSITION VECTOR OF THE SUN AND MOON IN THE BASIC REFERENCE SYSTEM. THE SUN VECTOR S IS
# LOCATED VIA TWO ANGLES. THE FIRST ANGLE(OBLIQUITY) IS THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE EARTH EQUATOR AND THE ECLIPTIC. THE
# SECOND ANGLE IS THE LONGITUDE OF THE SUN MEASURED IN THE ECLIPTIC.
# THE POSITION VECTOR OF THE SUN IS
#	 -
#	 S=(COS(LOS), COS(OBL)*SIN(LOS), SIN(OBL)*SIN(LOS)), WHERE
#
#      LOS=LOS +LOS *T-(C *SIN(2PI*T)/365.24 +C *COS(2PI*T)/365.24)
#	      0    R     0                     1
#      LOS  (RAD) IS THE LONGITUDE OF THE SUN FOR MIGNIGHT JUNE 30TH OF THE PARTICULAR YEAR.
#         0
#      LOS  (RAD/DAY) IS THE MEAN RATE FOR THE PARTICULAR YEAR.
#    	  R
# LOS  AND LOS  ARE STORED AS LOSO AND LOSR IN RATESP.
#    0        R
# COS(OBL) AND SIN(OBL) ARE STORED IN THE MATRIX KONMAT.
# T, TIME MEASURED IN DAYS(24 HOURS), IS STORED IN TIMEP.
# C  AND C  ARE FUDGE FACTORS TO MINIMIZE THE DEVIATION. THEY ARE STORED AS ONE CONSTANT(CMOD), SINCE
#  0      1                               2  2 1/2
# C *SIN(X)+C *COS(X) CAN BE WRITTEN AS (C +C )   *SIN(X+PHI), WHERE PHI=ARCTAN(C /C ).
#  0         1                            0  1                                   1  0
#
# THE MOON IS LOCATED VIA FOUR ANGLES. THE FIRST IS THE OBLIQUITY. THE SECOND IS THE MEAN LONGITUDE OF THE MOON,
# MEASURED IN THE ECLIPTIC FROM THE MEAN EQUINOX TO THE MEAN ASCENDING NODE OF THE LUNAR ORBIT, AND THEN ALONG THE
# ORBIT. THE THIRD ANGLE IS THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE ECLIPTIC AND THE LUNAR ORBIT. THE FOURTH ANGLE IS THE LONGITUDE
# OF THE NODE OF THE MOON, MEASURED IN THE LUNAR ORBIT. LET THESE ANGLES BE OBL,LOM,IM, AND LON RESPECTIVELY.
#
# THE SIMPLIFIED POSITION VECTOR OF THE MOON IS
#   -
#   M=(COS(LOM), COS(OBL)*SIN(LOM)-SIN(OBL)*SIN(IM)*SIN(LOM-LON), SIN(OBL)*SIN(LOM)+COS(OBL)*SIN(IM)*SIN(LOM-LON))
#
#   WHERE
#      LOM=LOM +LOM *T-(A *SIN(2PI*T/27.5545)+A *COS(2PI*T/27.5545)+B *SIN(2PI*T/32)+B *COS(2PI*T/32)), AND
#	      0    R     0                     1                     0                1
#      LON=LON +LON
#	      0    R
# A , A , B  AND B  ARE STORED AS AMOD AND BMOD (SEE DESCRIPTION OF CMOD, ABOVE).  COS(OBL), SIN(OBL)*SIN(IM),
#  0   1   0      1
# SIN(OBL), AND COS(OBL)*SIN(IM) ARE STORED IN KONMAT AS K1, K2, K3 AND K4, RESPECTIVELY. LOM , LOM , LON , LON
# ARE STORED AS LOMO, LOMR, LONO, AND LONR IN RATESP.                                        0     R     0     R
# THE THREE PHIS ARE STORED AS AARG, BARG, AND CARG(SUN).  ALL CONSTANTS ARE UPDATED BY YEAR.
#
# CALLING SEQUENCE
# Page 985
#   CALL LSPOS.  RETURN IS VIA QPRET.
# ALARMS OR ABORTS
#   NONE
# ERASABLE INITIALIZATION REQUIRED
#   TEPHEM - TIME FROM MIGNIGHT 1 JULY PRECEDING THE LAUNCH TO THE TIME OF THE LAUNCH (WHEN THE AGC CLOCK WENT
# TO ZERO). TEPHEM IS TP WITH UNITS OF CENTI-SECONDS.
#   TIME2 AND TIME1 ARE IN MPAC AND MPAC +1 WHEN PROGRAM IS CALLED.
# OUTPUT
#   UNIT POSITIONAL VECTOR OF SUN IN VSUN.   (SCALED B-1)
#   UNIT POSITIONAL VECTOR OF MOON IN VMOON. (SCALED B-1)
# SUBROUTINES USED
#   NONE
# DEBRIS
#   CURRENT CORE SET,WORK AREA AND FREEFLAG
		BANK	04
		SETLOC	EPHEM
		BANK
		EBANK=	VSUN
		COUNT*	$$/EPHEM
LUNPOS		EQUALS	LSPOS
LSPOS		SETPD	SR
			0
			14D		# TP
		TAD	DDV
## Comments in [...] are hand-written notations in original listing
			TEPHEM		# TIME OF LAUNCH [in centisec B 42]
			CSTODAY		# 24 HOURS-8640000 CENTI-SECS/DAY B-33
		STORE	TIMEP		# T IN DAYS [@ B 9 = 512 days]
		AXT,1	AXT,2		#	    [∴ granularity ≈ 0.164 sec]
			0
			0
		CLEAR
			FREEFLAG	# SWITCH BIT
POSITA		DLOAD
			KONMAT +2	# ZERO$
		STORE	GTMP
POSITB		DLOAD	DMP*
			TIMEP		# T
			VAL67 +4,1	# 1/27 OR 1/32 OR 1/365
# Page 986
		SL	DAD*
			8D
			VAL67 +2,1	# AARG
		SIN	DMP*		# SIN(T/27+PHI) OR T/32 OR T/365
			VAL67,1		# (A0**2+A1**2)**1/2SIN(X+PHIA)
		DAD	INCR,1		# PLUS
			GTMP		# (B0**2+B1**2)**1/2SIN(X+PHIB)
		DEC	-6
		STORE	GTMP		# OR (C0**2+C1**2)**1/2SIN(X+PHIC)
		BOFSET
			FREEFLAG
			POSITB
POSITD		DLOAD	DMP*
			TIMEP		# T
			RATESP,2	# LOMR,LOSR,LONR
		SL	DAD*
			5D
			RATESP +6,2	# LOMO,LOSO,LONO
		DSU
			GTMP
		STORE	STMP,2		# LOM,LOS,LON
		SLOAD	INCR,2
			X2
		DEC	-2
		DAD	BZE
			RCB-13		# PLUS 2
			POSITE		# 2ND
		BPL
			POSITA		# 1ST
POSITF		DLOAD	DSU		# 3RD
			STMP		# LOM
			STMP +4		# LON
		SIN	PDDL		# SIN(LOM-LON)
			STMP
		SIN	PDDL		# SIN LOM
			STMP
		COS	VDEF		# COS LOM
		MXV	UNIT
			KONMAT		# K1,K2,K3,K4,
		STORE	VMOON
		DLOAD	PDDL
			KONMAT +2	# ZERO
			STMP +2
		SIN	PDDL		# SIN LOS
			STMP +2
		COS	VDEF		# COS LOS
		MXV	UNIT
			KONMAT
		STORE	VSUN
		RVQ
# Page 987
POSITE		DLOAD
			KONMAT +2	# ZEROS
		STORE	GTMP
		GOTO
			POSITD
LUNVEL		RVQ                     #         TO FOOL INTEGRATION
		SETLOC	EPHEM1
		BANK

		COUNT*	$$/EPHEM
STMP		EQUALS	16D
GTMP		EQUALS	22D
TIMEP		EQUALS	24D

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