האגודה הישראלית לצפייה בירח החדש

The Israeli New Moon Society

Software available free for non-commercial use

(replaces LunaCal 3.0 and previous versions)

Last updated 24^th February 2000

Now available for download, LunaCal 3.1 Beta 1 version with minor corrections to version 3.0.

Source code also available for LunaCal 2.0

To download 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 and Vista).

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 3.0.

5) Follow the instructions for use by clicking Help when LunaCal is running.

(If you wish to uninstall, use your software manager in the control panel)

The source code for LunaCal 2.1 and 3.0 will not be made available until the algorithms are published but for LunaCal 2.0 it is available:

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:

LunaCal3.0 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

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 free of charge from the http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/calendar/moonc60.zip and Skyglobe is available from http://www.csulb.edu/~gordon/skyglobe.html.