Software available free for non-commercial use Now bilingual English/Hebrew*** LunaCal 4.0 release version ***If you have Windows XP, you need to have Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Microsoft.NET Framework 4 Client Profile installed. To install these, go to Windows Update and carry out a custom installation. Download and install this first if you do not have Visual Basic 2010 LunaCal was written to predict the visibility of
the Moon as a tool for observational lunar calendars. The main purpose of the
software is to aid in the observation of the crescent Moon but is equally
applicable to the limits of observation of other bright heavenly bodies. In
addition it provides information about the location phase and magnitude also
regarding the Sun, planets and bright stars. There is also a function for
converting between calendars and time systems. Source code also availableLunacal 4.0 is compatible with Widnows XP SP2 and higher, Windows Vista and Windows 7.(replaces LunaCal 3.1 and previous versions)Last updated December 14th 2011
Click here to download and install the program. Click here to download the source code. Decompress (extract) the file. The source code can be read as text. However, to compile and run it you will need Visual Basic 2008 or later which can be bought from Microsoft. (If you wish to uninstall, use your software manager in the control panel.) To download previous versions of the program (compatible with Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4-SP3 or higher, 2000 and XP): 1) Ensure that you have decompression (unzip) software (usually included in Windows XP). 2) Using Internet Explorer or Firefox, download lunacal.zip. 3) If you previously installed a previous version then uninstall the old version (Control panel -> Add/Remove programs). 4) Open the file and open the Setup.exe program to install LunaCal 3.1 or earlier. 5) Follow the instructions for use by clicking Help when LunaCal is running.
The source code for LunaCal 2.1, 3.0 and 3.1 is not available but is available for LunaCal 2.0 and earlier: 1) Download the file source.zip 2) Decompress (extract) the file into the same directory as the program. The source code can be read as text. However, to compile and run it you will need Visual Basic 6.0 which can be bought from Microsoft. Previous versions of LunaCal are still available: LunaCal3.1 full version: lunacal.zip LunaCal3.0 full version: lunacal.zip LunaCal2.1 full version: lunacal.zip LunaCal2.1 reduced size for those with Visual Basic 6 installed: lunacal.zip LunaCal2.0 full version: lunacal.zip LunaCal2.0 reduced size: lunacal.zip LunaCal2.0 source code: source.zip LunaCal1.1 full version: lunacal.zip LunaCal1.1 reduced size: lunacal.zip LunaCal1.1 source code: source.zip LunaCal1.0 full version: lunacal.zip LunaCal1.0 reduced size: lunacal.zip LunaCal1.0 source code source.zip If you would like to try different software, Hazon Shamayim (in Hebrew and English) is available from Rabbi Tskuni +(972) 8-9945621, MoonCalc is available here, Skyglobe is available from http://www.sidewalkastronomy.com/skyglobe.html and Accurate Times is available from http://www.icoproject.org/accut.html. Updated December 27th 2011 © Roy Hoffman 2000-2011 |