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What type of information has replaced the crude predictions of the early almanacs?

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... but the crude and sensational magic began to disappear early, to be replaced by more or less scientific information. Late in the 18th cent. truly scientific almanacs appeared—notably the British Nautical Almanac (founded 1767; see ephemeris ), which was the inspiration for the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac (founded 1855).

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