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			95.5637 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 = 2025 Mar 06 Thu Time = 21:59:33 LT Time Zone = UT-05:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 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 = 2460741.62555556 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 95.5637 deg Visual Phase = First quarter moon Horizon Altitude = +45.358° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in W Direction Azimuth = 268.745° = W (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 01:33 Moonset 06:33 Sunrise 10:07 Moonrise - First quarter moon 11:31:32 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90° 18:03 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 05h 25m 19.125s = 5.4219792 h = 81.329688° Declination = +28° 28' 12.62" = +28.470171° Distance = 234161.957 mi = 376847.141 km Angular Diameter = 31' 42.66" = 31.71103' = 1902.66" = 0.5285171° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 58' 11.20" = 0.9697770° = 58.18662' = 3491.20" Local Hour Angle = +03h 28m 33.13s = +3.4758690 h = +52.1380350° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 05h 22m 43.873s = 5.3788537 h = 80.6828055° Declination = +28° 05' 53.54" = +28.098205° Radial Velocity = +176.64 km/h = +109.76 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3741.06 km/h = 2324.58 mi/h MARCH 2025 - Lunar Quarter Phases, Apogees and Perigees For Time Zone UT-05:00 Applied NASA Delta T = +00:01:15 Date and Time LT Lunar Event --------------------- ----------------------------------- 2025 Mar 01 Sat 16:21 Perigee 224913.73 mi = 361963.57 km 2025 Mar 06 Thu 11:32 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90 2025 Mar 14 Fri 01:55 Full Moon = Phase 180 2025 Mar 17 Mon 11:37 Apogee 252123.71 mi = 405753.78 km 2025 Mar 22 Sat 06:29 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2025 Mar 29 Sat 05:58 New Moon = Phase 0/360 2025 Mar 30 Sun 00:25 Perigee 222530.27 mi = 358127.75 km There are two lunar perigees in March of 2025 LT.
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLE Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-05:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 Mar 06 Thu 21:59:33 LT 2460741.41635417 2460741 LT -05:00:00 TZ -0.20833333 2025 Mar 07 Fri 02:59:33 UT 2460741.62468750 2460742 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Mar 07 Fri 03:00:48 TT 2460741.62555556 2460742 TT JD TT = 2460741.62555556 = 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 14h 01m 09.78s = 14.0193823 h = 210.2907339 deg Local 08h 53m 52.25s = 8.8978482 h = 133.4677228 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Mar 06 Thu Time = 21:59:33 LT Time Zone = UT-05:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460741.62555556 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 = 05h 25m 19.125s = 5.4219792 h = 81.329688° Declination = +28° 28' 12.62" = +28.470171° Distance = 234161.957 mi = 376847.141 km Phase Angle = 95.56372° Visual Phase = First quarter moon Angular Diameter = 31' 42.66" = 31.71103' = 1902.66" = 0.5285171° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 58' 11.20" = 0.9697770° = 58.18662' = 3491.20" Radial Velocity = +176.64 km/h = +109.76 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3741.06 km/h = 2324.58 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 05h 22m 43.873s = 5.3788537 h = 80.6828055° Declination = +28° 05' 53.54" = +28.098205° Horizon Altitude = +45.358° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in W Direction Azimuth = 268.745° = W (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +03h 28m 33.13s = +3.4758690 h = +52.1380350° Light Time = 1.2300 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.4600 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 01:33 Moonset 06:33 Sunrise 10:07 Moonrise - First quarter moon 11:31:32 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90° 18:03 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 Mar 06 Thu LT TZ = UT-05:00 = Time Zone Offset From UT (Neg/Pos = West/East) dT = +00:01:15 = NASA Delta T estimate Table Origin for 00:00:00 LT of date = 2460740.70920139 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 4.3510792 +26.543318 372489.145 231454.024 82.1849 -2 4.3935887 +26.656606 372659.576 231559.925 82.7264 -1 4.4361417 +26.766941 372830.487 231666.124 83.2674 00 4.4787365 +26.874312 373001.857 231772.609 83.8079 01 4.5213712 +26.978709 373173.665 231879.365 84.3479 02 4.5640438 +27.080121 373345.890 231986.381 84.8873 03 4.6067527 +27.178538 373518.514 232093.644 85.4263 04 4.6494957 +27.273952 373691.514 232201.142 85.9647 05 4.6922707 +27.366354 373864.871 232308.861 86.5026 06 4.7350760 +27.455735 374038.566 232416.790 87.0400 07 4.7779094 +27.542088 374212.580 232524.917 87.5769 08 4.8207688 +27.625406 374386.891 232633.229 88.1132 09 4.8636521 +27.705682 374561.484 232741.716 88.6491 10 4.9065573 +27.782911 374736.337 232850.364 89.1844 11 4.9494818 +27.857086 374911.433 232959.164 89.7192 12 4.9924239 +27.928203 375086.754 233068.104 90.2534 13 5.0353811 +27.996257 375262.282 233177.172 90.7872 14 5.0783511 +28.061244 375437.997 233286.356 91.3204 15 5.1213319 +28.123162 375613.885 233395.648 91.8531 16 5.1643210 +28.182007 375789.926 233505.034 92.3854 17 5.2073161 +28.237777 375966.104 233614.506 92.9170 18 5.2503150 +28.290470 376142.402 233724.053 93.4482 19 5.2933154 +28.340085 376318.803 233833.663 93.9788 20 5.3363148 +28.386622 376495.291 233943.328 94.5090 21 5.3793111 +28.430081 376671.851 234053.037 95.0386 22 5.4223016 +28.470462 376848.466 234162.781 95.5677 23 5.4652841 +28.507766 377025.120 234272.548 96.0963 24 5.5082562 +28.541995 377201.799 234382.332 96.6243 25 5.5512155 +28.573151 377378.487 234492.120 97.1519 26 5.5941595 +28.601236 377555.169 234601.905 97.6789 27 5.6370860 +28.626255 377731.831 234711.678 98.2054 28 5.6799926 +28.648210 377908.459 234821.430 98.7314 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v3.0 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner Revised: 2023 March 06 at 07:54:25 PM Monday