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Reader Anthony D. writes: "Please send me some calculations of the moon, sun, zodiac signs on the date of Dec 21,2012".

I'm no astronomer or astrologer, so I was going to tell Anthony I couldn't do it, then I remembered my Lunabar and was able to provide him the following within five minutes:

Dear Anthony,

Here is some info set for my latitude (34° 56' 0" S) and longitude (138° 35' 0" E), Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.

Lunabar Sun Almanack for Friday, 21 December 2012

Sunrise: 6:28 morn. Sunset: 8:59 eve.
Length of Day: 14h. 31m.

Dawn: 5:58 morn. Dusk: 9:28 eve.
Length of Twilight: 0h. 29m.

3° in the Constellation f Sagittarius, the Archer;
& 29° in the Sign f Sagittarius, the Bowman.

Lunabar Moon Almanack for Friday, 21 December 2012

Waxing, Gibbous Moon Age: 7 ¼ days.
Ascending Node is at 24° Scorpio.
In the 6th° of the Constellation i Pisces, the Fishes;
& in the 6th° of the Sign ^ Aries, the Ram.

Sets: 1:35 morn. Rises: 2:32 eve. Norths: 8:23 eve.

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Alfargh Al’awwal, Fore-spout of the Water-bucket, also known as Hauriens Primus, The Primary Spout.

Marked by the fix'd Stars: Markab & Scheat, in Pegasus.

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