Earth-Moon distance from the number of lunar months per year (the observable of tidal rhythmites)
Source:R/moon_distance_from_months.R
moon_distance_from_months.RdEarth-Moon distance from the number of lunar months per year (the observable of tidal rhythmites)
Usage
moon_distance_from_months(months, kind = c("sidereal", "synodic"))Arguments
- months
Number of lunar months per year (numeric vector, > 0; about 13.37 sidereal or 12.37 synodic months today), e.g. counted in tidal rhythmites. Required (no default).
- kind
Type of lunar month counted in
months(character):"sidereal"(relative to the stars) or"synodic"(new moon to new moon; converted with sidereal = synodic + 1).Default=c("sidereal", "synodic"), i.e."sidereal".