Which error increases inaccuracy when navigating exclusively by lunar distance with a sextant upon heavy seas?

💡 Explanation

When constantly compensating for heavy seas, timing errors occur because accurate sextant lunar observations demand very precise timing to correlate with published lunar ephemeris data. Therefore timing error results, rather than height-based parallax, instrument defects or atmospheric interference which affect direct sightings more consistently than dynamic measurements.

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