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Fix: Southern max-declination M coeff#35

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Per Meeus Astronomical Algorithms 2nd ed. (p.367-368), the southern branch of moon_maximum_declination uses M += 1.3951 for the Moon's mean anomaly argument, not 1.13951.

Excerpt from the book:
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Another reference:
https://github.com/hodinkee/aaplus/blob/29c6a5bfbff23edcb6a8f1018e83280d1eaf2ccc/src/AAMoonMaxDeclinations.cpp#L42

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