Old Moore’s Almanack is an astrological almanac which has been published in Britain since 1697.

It was written and published by Francis Moore

Francis Moore (astrologer)

Francis Moore was a British physician and astrologer who wrote and published Old Moore's Almanack.He was born into poverty in Bridgnorth. Moore was self-educated, learning to read by himself, and became a physician and astrologer...

, a self-taught physician and astrologer who served at the court of Charles II

Charles II of England

Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

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The first edition in 1697 contained weather forecasts. In 1700 Moore published Vox Stellarum, The Voice of the Stars, containing astrological observations; this was also known as Old Moore’s Almanack. It was a bestseller throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, selling as many as 107,000 copies in 1768.

The almanac is still published annually by W. Foulsham & Company Limited

W. Foulsham & Company Limited

W. Foulsham & Company Limited is a British publisher founded by William Foulsham in 1819.It is the current publisher of Old Moore's Almanack, an annual publication first published in 1697, and of Raphael's Ephemeris, which Robert Thomas Cross acquired in the 1870s and edited until his death in 1913....

, giving predictions of world and sporting events, as well as more conventional data such as tide tables. It claims to have predicted the September 11 attacks.

The almanac is not to be confused with Old Moore's Almanac

Old Moore's Almanac

Old Moore's Almanac is an almanac which has been published annually in Ireland since 1764.It was originally written and published by Theophilus Moore who ran a classical academy at Milltown which was then a village near Dublin....

, an Irish publication dating from approximately the same time.