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Updated:  24 November 2011

Compute Moonrise & Moonset Times

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To use this facility you need to know the latitude and longitude of the location you want to calculate rise and set times for. There are several ways you can determine this:


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Use the National Gazetteer of Australia to determine the Longitude and Latitude

Place name: 

Place Type: 

State/Authority: 

  

This query searches the Gazetteer of Australia 2000, which is a compilation of over 267,000 geographic names in Australia provided by members of the Committee for Geographic Names in Australia.

Copyright of the Gazetteer of Australia resides with the relevant State, Territory and Commonwealth governments within Australia, who are the custodians of the information within their jurisdiction.

The custodians of the data do not guarantee that the data is free from errors and omissions. If you are experiencing difficulties with this application or you have identified possible errors or omissions in the data please contact geodesy@ga.gov.au.

New: As well as being fully updated by the Commonwealth and State Government authorities, the gazetteer now includes many extra, unofficial Homestead names added by Geoscience Australia.

How to Use

Enter the first few letters of a place name and press the "Submit Query" button. To refine your search, either select the place type or State/Authority from the lists. To clear the information, click "Reset".

If your search does not produce the desired result, modify your search. For example, key in either Mt Isa, Mount Isa, Isa Mt or Isa. Omitting "Mount" or "Mt" should still produce the correct answer.

Some locality features have alternative names. Should your search display a second place name that does not match your initial query it is the result of the query engine searching for and displaying an alternative official name. For example if you submit a query for "Mount Acres" the alternative official name "Helmshurst" is also displayed. Note that the homestead names from Geoscience Australia sources are unofficial names.

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Enter your own Location

Enter Name of the Location:
This is for print out purposes only.
Is this location in Australia? Yes No
Enter the latitude:
Degrees (°) & Minutes (')		 North South ° '
Enter the longitude:
Degrees (°) & Minutes (')		 West East   ° '
Select the appropriate Time Zone:
International users enter a time offset from UTC for your location. eg +11, - 8.5.		 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)
Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT)
Universal Time (UTC)
UTC Time Offset eg +10 or -5
Enter date:
(dd/mm/yyyy or yyyy)
Entering the year eg 2005 will display results for every day of the year
   

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For more information contact: geodesy@ga.gov.au
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