This VBScript reads the calendar files every day at local noon, and prints out the calendar information for that upcoming night to the almanac file. The line from the calendar file is written as a column in the almanac file for ease of access. The elements and their formats in the almanac file are:
- Current Date MM:DD:YY
- JD at SAST midnight #######.#
- LMST at SAST midnight HH:MM:SS
- Sunset SAST HH:MM:SS
- Astronomical twilight SAST HH:MM:SS
- Astronomical dawn SAST HH:MM:SS
- Sunrise SAST HH:MM:SS
- Astronomical twilight LST HH:MM:SS
- Astronomical dawn LST HH:MM:SS
- Moon rise SAST HH:MM:SS
- Moon set SAST HH:MM:SS
- Moon illumination percent ##
- Moon RA at midnight SAST HH:MM:SS
- Moon Dec at midnight SAST HH:MM:SS
Abbreviations are: JD - Julian Date, LMST - Local Mean Sidereal Time, LST - Local Sidereal Time, SAST - South African Standard Time
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