DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator
Spanning the 600-Year Period From 1600 to 2200 on the Modern Gregorian Calendar
PHP Program by Jay Tanner - Based on the NASA/JPL DE405 Ephemeris Model
Calendar Date
Year / Month / Day
Time
hh:mm:ss
Date/Time Mode
LT | UT | TT
Local Time Zone Offset From UT
±hh:mm (Neg/Pos = West/East)
Local Time (
LT
) =
UT
Default Location:
America/New_York
- Your Local Latitude, Lonitude and Time Zone May be Different
Geographic Location Used For Local Topocentric Computations
137.8746 deg
Latitude
Deg.ddd or DMS (Neg=S)
Longitude
Deg.ddd or DMS (Neg=W)
Sea-Level Elevation
meters
QUICK DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS ---------------------------- DATE/TIME/MODE/ZONE/LOCATION Date = 2024 Apr 19 Fri Time = 23:37:12 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:14 Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m JD TT = 2460420.65168982 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 137.8746 deg Visual Phase = Waxing gibbous moon Horizon Altitude = +50.817° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in SSW Direction Azimuth = 206.344° = SSW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 04:43 Moonset 06:18 Sunrise 15:48 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon 19:54 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 11h 21m 15.124s = 11.3542012 h = 170.313018° Declination = +06° 48' 07.66" = +6.802129° Distance = 252041.632 mi = 405621.688 km Angular Diameter = 29' 27.69" = 29.46150' = 1767.69" = 0.4910250° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 54' 03.51" = 0.9009760° = 54.05856' = 3243.51" Local Hour Angle = +01h 04m 46.64s = +1.0796219 h = +16.1943280° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 11h 20m 29.900s = 11.3416388 h = 170.1245820° Declination = +06° 16' 03.77" = +6.267715° Radial Velocity = -2.42 km/h = -1.50 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3487.62 km/h = 2167.11 mi/h APRIL 2024 - Lunar Quarter Phases, Apogees and Perigees For Time Zone UT-04:00 Applied NASA Delta T = +00:01:14 Date and Time LT Lunar Event --------------------- ----------------------------------- 2024 Apr 01 Mon 23:15 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2024 Apr 07 Sun 13:51 Perigee 222978.88 mi = 358849.73 km 2024 Apr 08 Mon 14:21 New Moon = Phase 0/360 2024 Apr 15 Mon 15:13 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90 2024 Apr 19 Fri 22:10 Apogee 252042.72 mi = 405623.44 km 2024 Apr 23 Tue 19:49 Full Moon = Phase 180
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLE Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2024 Apr 19 Fri 23:37:12 LT 2460420.48416667 2460420 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2024 Apr 20 Sat 03:37:12 UT 2460420.65083334 2460421 UT +00:01:14 dT +0.00085648 2024 Apr 20 Sat 03:38:26 TT 2460420.65168982 2460421 TT JD TT = 2460420.65168982 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m ----------- EARTH GEOID ρ × sin(φ') = +0.6743577407 ρ × cos(φ') = +0.7363265249 ---------------------- APPARENT SIDEREAL TIME Greenwich 17h 33m 19.29s = 17.5553571 h = 263.3303568 deg Local 12h 26m 01.76s = 12.4338230 h = 186.5073457 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2024 Apr 19 Fri Time = 23:37:12 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:14 JD TT = 2460420.65168982 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 11h 21m 15.124s = 11.3542012 h = 170.313018° Declination = +06° 48' 07.66" = +6.802129° Distance = 252041.632 mi = 405621.688 km Phase Angle = 137.87458° Visual Phase = Waxing gibbous moon Angular Diameter = 29' 27.69" = 29.46150' = 1767.69" = 0.4910250° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 54' 03.51" = 0.9009760° = 54.05856' = 3243.51" Radial Velocity = -2.42 km/h = -1.50 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3487.62 km/h = 2167.11 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 11h 20m 29.900s = 11.3416388 h = 170.1245820° Declination = +06° 16' 03.77" = +6.267715° Horizon Altitude = +50.817° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in SSW Direction Azimuth = 206.344° = SSW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +01h 04m 46.64s = +1.0796219 h = +16.1943280° Light Time = 1.3260 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.6519 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 04:43 Moonset 06:18 Sunrise 15:48 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon 19:54 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2024 Apr 19 Fri LT TZ = UT-04:00 = Time Zone Offset From UT (Neg/Pos = West/East) dT = +00:01:14 = NASA Delta T estimate Table Origin for 00:00:00 LT of date = 2460419.66752315 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 10.5628681 +12.733143 405066.830 251696.859 125.8687 -2 10.5931723 +12.518402 405111.017 251724.316 126.3205 -1 10.6234222 +12.302928 405153.318 251750.600 126.7721 00 10.6536187 +12.086734 405193.738 251775.716 127.2237 01 10.6837632 +11.869833 405232.286 251799.669 127.6752 02 10.7138567 +11.652237 405268.968 251822.462 128.1266 03 10.7439003 +11.433961 405303.793 251844.101 128.5779 04 10.7738952 +11.215015 405336.767 251864.590 129.0291 05 10.8038425 +10.995414 405367.898 251883.934 129.4803 06 10.8337433 +10.775169 405397.195 251902.138 129.9314 07 10.8635988 +10.554293 405424.665 251919.207 130.3825 08 10.8934101 +10.332798 405450.317 251935.147 130.8335 09 10.9231783 +10.110697 405474.159 251949.962 131.2844 10 10.9529046 +9.888003 405496.199 251963.657 131.7354 11 10.9825902 +9.664727 405516.445 251976.237 132.1862 12 11.0122361 +9.440883 405534.908 251987.709 132.6370 13 11.0418437 +9.216481 405551.596 251998.079 133.0878 14 11.0714139 +8.991534 405566.517 252007.350 133.5386 15 11.1009479 +8.766056 405579.681 252015.530 133.9894 16 11.1304469 +8.540057 405591.097 252022.624 134.4401 17 11.1599121 +8.313550 405600.774 252028.637 134.8908 18 11.1893445 +8.086547 405608.723 252033.576 135.3415 19 11.2187454 +7.859060 405614.952 252037.446 135.7922 20 11.2481159 +7.631100 405619.471 252040.254 136.2429 21 11.2774572 +7.402682 405622.290 252042.006 136.6937 22 11.3067704 +7.173814 405623.419 252042.707 137.1444 23 11.3360568 +6.944510 405622.869 252042.366 137.5951 24 11.3653173 +6.714783 405620.648 252040.986 138.0459 25 11.3945533 +6.484643 405616.768 252038.575 138.4966 26 11.4237658 +6.254102 405611.239 252035.139 138.9475 27 11.4529560 +6.023173 405604.070 252030.685 139.3983 28 11.4821252 +5.791867 405595.273 252025.218 139.8492 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v3.0 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2023 March 06 at 07:54:25 PM Monday