I recently built a Solar Alignment Calculator, with the (considerable) help of Claude. Could “we” pull off a similar trick, a Lunar Alignment Calculator, for predicting the alignment of moonsets with terrestrial landmarks? And, would it take into account all those phases the moon passes through each month?

This one could be complicated!

Flushed with the success of my first vibe-coding experience — a personalized app for calculating when the sun would set behind a local point of interest — my thoughts turned to an obvious extension: an analogous app for determining when the moon would set at a specific point on the horizon. 

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