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[moon-cycle](../README.md) / YEAR\_ANCHOR

# Variable: YEAR\_ANCHOR

> `const` **YEAR\_ANCHOR**: `Date`

Defined in: [types.ts:101](https://github.com/acamarata/moon-cycle/blob/800a74670ed6ac7b6d239efd6ec627dbb009fcea/src/types.ts#L101)

Anchor date for the yearly cycle: start of the 2023 NASA image collection.

The 8,760 images correspond to one per hour for the full calendar year
2023. `cycleYear` measures elapsed time from this reference point.

## Example

```ts
import { YEAR_ANCHOR } from 'moon-cycle';
const hours = (Date.now() - YEAR_ANCHOR.getTime()) / 3600000;
```