Noon to Noon Report

Noon to noon – GMT program – is only used for those that do not cross Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT) and International Date Line (IDL), it can be used within GMT or IDL only.
 First Step You enter the data in the light yellow columns as required when the ship
departed from the last port of call of D.O.P. - Dropped Of Pilot and R.U.E. - Rung Up Engine.
AND ZONE TIME DESCRIPTION from Departure to the destination of Arrival

DEPARTURE TIME
 
1.   D.O.P. D.O.P. - Dropped Of Pilot
Enter the data of YEAR MONTH DAY HRS MINUTES and Distance (from berth to Pilot
off. ) in required cell

Voy. No.: S-15 From : Montevideo

 

2004 DEPARTURE
D.O.P. YEAR MO. DAY HR. MINS Distance
 

13. 02:30 2017 05 13 02 30 32'

 
 2. R.U.E. - Rung Up Engine
Enter R.U.E.
  the data of YEAR MONTH DAY HRS MINUTES and Distance from Pilot off. To S.B.E.
– Stand-By Engine (End Of Sea Passage) a total distance in required cell

 
R.U.E. YEAR MO. DAY HR. MINS Total Dist.

13. 04:54 2017 05 13 04 54 2533'

 

3. Enter the DESCRIPTION of the TIME ZONE of Departure and Arrival destination found
in the Day 1 form. For adjustment of time SEE IN DAY 1 – FIRST STEP IN DAY 1 – 4. For
reference of Ship's Time Adjustment in length of hour in a Day.

This column enter the data in yellow cells

1. Departure zone description only once and

2. Arrival zone description also only once. See pages

6 - according to the required remaining time
balance, likes 23 means Ahead / 25 means Aback.

3. Automatically calculates the different time

remaining see pages 11 Ship's Time Adjustment
4. Automatically switching Ahead or Aback means if
Eastward add ( + ) or Aback the local ship time and
Westward subtract ( - ) or Ahead the local ship time.
Day 1
 First Step in Day 1 you enter the present date and other as required
in the columns from waypoint of Voyage plan.
This is a column that consists 3 different
column

1. First column enter present Date and

Hours (8°clock/ 12°clock).
2. Second column for Latitude (8°clock/
12°clock) position with using separator
preset in three cells, in first cell enter whole
degree of Latitude, second cell enter minutes
and tenth of minutes, in the third cell enter N
(for North) / S (for South) and
3. Third column for Longitude (8°clock/
12°clock) position with using separator
preset in three cells, in first cell enter whole
degree of Longitude, second cell enter
minutes and tenth of minutes, in the third cell
1. Enter the Latitude and the Longitude of 8°clock DR enter W (for West / E (for East).
position (only optional order from Master)
Note: if you have nothing in this column and
other data elsewhere in the waypoint an
error will occur in the calculation.

2. And also the position of the next waypoint in the present row from voyage plan.
3. This is the distance to go in the present row from waypoint of Voyage plan.

4. For reference of Ship's Time Adjustment in length of hour in a Day.

    24 0 In / Out adjustment for Under Weigh Dist. Run

+ / - Adjustment for DTG (1 nmbrs mean nmile’s).

Total Hrs In Day 24 0
+/ - Edit only if have time adjustment Ahead or Aback
yesterday

23 If have one hour Ahead in ship time adjustment    

24 If no ship time adjustment Ahead or Aback    
25 If have one hour Aback          

Note; Only with light yellow columns you put in the data and the other columns you don't fill in anything especially with formulas in
every cells
5. Enter the Latitude and the Longitude of 12°clock noon DR position

6. And also the position of the next waypoint in the present row from voyage plan.

7. This is the distance to go in the present row from waypoint of Voyage plan.
SAMPLE OF VOYAGE PLAN
 TRAVEL METHOD
DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
(Destination)

Berth Pilot Off. Standby Engine (End of Sea Passage) Berth

32 nmiles 2,533 nautical miles (Total dist. Pilot off. To End of Sea Passage) 4 nmiles
(assuming) (assuming)
Day 1 Day 2 Day … Day … Day last
13.3kts
2.4hrs 24hrs 24hrs 24hrs 24hrs 24hrs past noon to before
noon Arrival

Noon Noon Noon Noon Noon

Berth 2,541 nautical miles total distance from Berth to Berth

Berth
Day 1 Answers are updated automatically
including the blank cells here
Each time you adjust the local time on board ship in each day of the trip, you will see here the changes when
the time was adjusted and if there is time left or how long the balance should be adjusted until arriving at
the next port of call.

Total different time from Departure to Arrival.

Total time fixed or adjusted. By Ahead or Aback time

Total time left or remaining balance.

E.T.A. – an Estimated Time of Arrival, in particular the time when a watercraft such as a ship
is expected to arrive at its destination.

Enter in light yellow cells the speed of the ship in

knots is EDITED.

In column of 08:00 AM yellow cells and 12:00noon

in white cells, the Estimated Time of Arrival at
the destination (E.T.A) is automatically
calculated with the time correction.
Day 1 - Finally here with the answer to the entered data on everything from the
day the ship departure and the Pilot off. for updated automatically answer on the first
day of the noon to noon report including the blank cells here.
For checking;
Present Date and Noon position / Day 1

Dropped of Pilot
2017 – 05 – 14 – 12 – 00
- 2017 – 05 – 13 – 02 – 30
Hours
Under Weigh 09 – 30

Rung Up Engine
2017 – 05 - 14 – 12 – 00
- 2017 – 05 - 13 – 04 – 54

Hours Propelling 07 – 06

From Departure to Last Present Noon

Position

1. Yesterday DTG 2,533 nmiles

Today DTG – 2,381
Distance From – 184
D.O.P.(minus) – 32
Propelling Dist Run - 152
Present Waypoint (from Voyage Plan)
To 12°clock noon DR position equal
Distance Run END OF DAY 1
Day 2 and other the following next Day's : Only in the light yellow and apple yellow
columns you will enter the data and the other columns you will not fill or enter any
specific formula in each cell so that the automatic answer required remains valid.
 NOON TO NOON - EASTWARD
The program is only used when ships cross the International Date
Line (IDL) from West to East.
First Step You enter the data in the light yellow columns as required when the ship departed
from the last port of call of D.O.P. - Dropped Of Pilot and R.U.E. - Rung Up Engine. AND ZONE
TIME DESCRIPTION from Departure to the destination of Arrival
 NOON TO NOON - EASTWARD
“E.T.A. Eastward with Required Speed” program is only used when ships cross the
International Date Line (IDL) from West to East..
Note; Only with light yellow columns you ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill
in anything especially with formulas in every cells.
 NOON TO NOON - WESTWARD
The program is only used when ships cross the International Date
Line (IDL) from East to West
First Step You enter the data in the light yellow columns as required when the ship departed
from the last port of call of D.O.P. - Dropped Of Pilot and R.U.E. - Rung Up Engine. AND ZONE
TIME DESCRIPTION from Departure to the destination of Arrival
 NOON TO NOON - WESTWARD
“E.T.A. Westward with Required Speed” program is only used when ships cross the
International Date Line (IDL) from East to West.
Note; Only with light yellow columns you ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill
in anything especially with formulas in every cells
 TOTAL LENGTH OF DAYS
If you want to know how many years, month and days the past up to the present? Sample your age, the
length of your contract onboard or sea experience, the flight of your plane ticket, the running of the ship
from the Departure to the Destination etc. just ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill in
anything especially with formulas in every cells
There are 3 different definitions of the length of a day and each of different lengths and means. 1). The mean solar
day- is the most familiar. It is measured by clocks. It is exactly 24hrs long. As the second is a well defined standard unit a
better definition is that a mean solar day is exactly 86,400 seconds long. 2). The solar day is time between successive solar
noon's when the Sun is at its highest in the sky. It is measured by sundials. The solar day varies continuously from day to
day. It can be anything between 24hrs – 20 seconds and 24hrs + 30 seconds. The solar day and means solar day are the
same length on four days per year. 3). The mean sidereal day in one complete rotation of the Earth relative to the Vernal
Equinox or to the fixed Stars it is 23hrs 56 minutes 4.1 second long.

Used calculation for

short count only

If leap year w/ error

if less 1 month
computed:
Ex : 24 Dec 2011
- 05 Jan 2012 = 125
This E.T.A. program Is available anywhere Description of the world Zone where you are looking for your ship’s
required speed ; sample even you are in Eastward, Westward and including not crossing GMT or IDL.
 TRUE AZIMUTH / GYRO ERROR
Note; Only with light yellow columns you ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill
in anything especially with formulas in every cells.
 TRUE AZIMUTH BY ABC TABLES
Note; Only with light yellow columns you ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill
in anything especially with formulas in every cells.
 CORRECTION TO SEXTANT ALTITUDES
Parallax in Altitude = Horizontal parallax X Cross apparent altitude is caused by observing the
body from the surface instead of from centre of the Earth and is the angle at a body between a
line drawn to the observer and another to the centre of the Earth.
The sextant altitude corrected for index error, if any is called is Observed altitude.
The angular height of a celestial body above the sensible horizon is called the apparent altitude.
Observed Altitude – Dip = Apparent altitude.
Note; Only with light yellow columns you ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill
in anything especially with formulas in every cells.
 TWILIGHT / SUNRISE / SUNSET
Note; Only with light yellow columns you ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill
in anything especially with formulas in every cells.
 SUN’S ALTITUDE @ MERIDIAN TRANSIT
TIME OF MERIDIAN PASSAGE
Meridian passage of an observed heavenly body, ie the sun, occurs when the body is directly over the observer’s
meridian and the local hour angle (LHA) is zero.
A Meridian Passage is a quick method of getting a position line that happens to be your Latitude. This occurs once a day
at your local noon, when the sun is directly overhead. In fact, its GHA will be the same as your Longitude.
The local mean time (LMT) of mer pass on any meridian is obtained from the Nautical Almanac. At the bottom of the
right hand page of the three-daily tables is a small table entitled “sun-mer pass”
Note; Only with light yellow columns you ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill in anything especially with formulas in
every cells.
 LATITUDE AT SUN’S MERIDIAN TRANSIT
LONGITUDE AT SUN’S MERIDIAN TRANSIT
Note; Only with light yellow columns you ENTER in the data and the other columns you don't fill in anything
especially with formulas in every cells.
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