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Retired question: the Coast Guard no longer draws it on exams. Practice the current Navigation Problems module instead.

On 30 March in DR position LAT 20°26.2'N, LONG 131°17.9'E, you take an ex- meridian observation of the Moon's lower limb at upper transit. The chronometer time of the sight is 10h 36m 02s, and the chronometer error is 02m 06s slow. The sextant altitude (hs) is 48°21.4'. The index error is 2.0' on the arc, and your height of eye is 40 feet. What is the latitude at meridian transit?

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