Category: Windows / Others

License: Freeware

Limitations :

OS: Windows All

Size: 0.8 MB (837,915 bytes)

Introduction: Julian Day Converter can convert a gregorian date into julian day format/Modified Julian Day format and vice versa. The Julian Day Format counts the day since the 24th november -4713bc. The julian day format is often used in the astronomical section to calculate for example rises. Julian Day Converter will offer a fast and easy way for converting a gregorian date information to a julian day format or modified julian day format. The Modified Julian Day (MJD), introduced by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1957 to record the orbit of Sputnik, is defined in terms of the Julian day. It count the days since the 17th november 1858. It defines from the JD value as follow MJD =JD-2400000