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
336.8469 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 Apr 26 Sat Time = 00:24:53 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 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 = 2460791.68481482 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 336.8469 deg Visual Phase = Waning crescent, approaching new moon Horizon Altitude = -40.274° BELOW local horizon - Ascending in NNE Direction Azimuth = 16.455° = NNE (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 05:16 Moonrise - Waning crescent, approaching new moon 06:08 Sunrise 18:57 Moonset 20:02 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 00h 45m 44.005s = 0.7622236 h = 11.433354° Declination = +06° 28' 48.51" = +6.480141° Distance = 223245.505 mi = 359278.814 km Angular Diameter = 33' 15.70" = 33.26164' = 1995.70" = 0.5543606° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 01° 01' 01.93" = 1.0172030° = 61.03218' = 3661.93" Local Hour Angle = +12h 50m 49.96s = +12.8472113 h = +192.7081690° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 00h 46m 23.297s = 0.7731381 h = 11.5970715° Declination = +05° 43' 28.98" = +5.724716° Radial Velocity = -117.60 km/h = -73.07 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3941.75 km/h = 2449.29 mi/h APRIL 2025 - Lunar Quarter Phases, Apogees and Perigees For Time Zone UT-04:00 Applied NASA Delta T = +00:01:15 Date and Time LT Lunar Event --------------------- ----------------------------------- 2025 Apr 04 Fri 22:15 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90 2025 Apr 12 Sat 20:22 Full Moon = Phase 180 2025 Apr 13 Sun 18:48 Apogee 252460.06 mi = 406295.08 km 2025 Apr 20 Sun 21:35 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2025 Apr 27 Sun 12:18 Perigee 221903.18 mi = 357118.54 km 2025 Apr 27 Sun 15:31 New Moon = Phase 0/360
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLE Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 Apr 26 Sat 00:24:53 LT 2460791.51728009 2460792 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 Apr 26 Sat 04:24:53 UT 2460791.68394676 2460792 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Apr 26 Sat 04:26:08 TT 2460791.68481482 2460792 TT JD TT = 2460791.68481482 = 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 18h 43m 51.49s = 18.7309689 h = 280.9645337 deg Local 13h 36m 33.97s = 13.6094348 h = 204.1415226 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Apr 26 Sat Time = 00:24:53 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460791.68481482 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 = 00h 45m 44.005s = 0.7622236 h = 11.433354° Declination = +06° 28' 48.51" = +6.480141° Distance = 223245.505 mi = 359278.814 km Phase Angle = 336.84694° Visual Phase = Waning crescent, approaching new moon Angular Diameter = 33' 15.70" = 33.26164' = 1995.70" = 0.5543606° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 01° 01' 01.93" = 1.0172030° = 61.03218' = 3661.93" Radial Velocity = -117.60 km/h = -73.07 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3941.75 km/h = 2449.29 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 00h 46m 23.297s = 0.7731381 h = 11.5970715° Declination = +05° 43' 28.98" = +5.724716° Horizon Altitude = -40.274° BELOW local horizon - Ascending in NNE Direction Azimuth = 16.455° = NNE (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +12h 50m 49.96s = +12.8472113 h = +192.7081690° Light Time = 1.1714 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.3428 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 05:16 Moonrise - Waning crescent, approaching new moon 06:08 Sunrise 18:57 Moonset 20:02 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 Apr 26 Sat LT TZ = UT-04:00 = 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 = 2460791.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 0.6354300 +5.473065 359697.571 223505.709 334.8501 -2 0.6724805 +5.768398 359571.405 223427.313 335.4343 -1 0.7095974 +6.063407 359448.154 223350.728 336.0190 00 0.7467820 +6.358056 359327.842 223275.970 336.6041 01 0.7840360 +6.652313 359210.494 223203.053 337.1898 02 0.8213607 +6.946142 359096.134 223131.993 337.7758 03 0.8587573 +7.239507 358984.786 223062.804 338.3624 04 0.8962275 +7.532373 358876.472 222995.501 338.9494 05 0.9337725 +7.824705 358771.215 222930.098 339.5369 06 0.9713937 +8.116466 358669.038 222866.608 340.1247 07 1.0090925 +8.407621 358569.960 222805.044 340.7130 08 1.0468702 +8.698134 358474.003 222745.419 341.3017 09 1.0847280 +8.987967 358381.187 222687.745 341.8908 10 1.1226675 +9.277085 358291.531 222632.036 342.4803 11 1.1606898 +9.565451 358205.055 222578.302 343.0701 12 1.1987961 +9.853026 358121.777 222526.556 343.6603 13 1.2369879 +10.139777 358041.714 222476.807 344.2509 14 1.2752663 +10.425663 357964.884 222429.067 344.8418 15 1.3136324 +10.710648 357891.302 222383.345 345.4330 16 1.3520876 +10.994695 357820.986 222339.653 346.0246 17 1.3906330 +11.277766 357753.950 222297.998 346.6165 18 1.4292696 +11.559821 357690.208 222258.391 347.2087 19 1.4679988 +11.840825 357629.774 222220.839 347.8011 20 1.5068216 +12.120739 357572.662 222185.351 348.3938 21 1.5457389 +12.399524 357518.884 222151.935 348.9868 22 1.5847519 +12.677143 357468.452 222120.598 349.5801 23 1.6238617 +12.953556 357421.376 222091.347 350.1736 24 1.6630690 +13.228725 357377.668 222064.188 350.7673 25 1.7023751 +13.502613 357337.338 222039.128 351.3612 26 1.7417808 +13.775179 357300.393 222016.171 351.9553 27 1.7812868 +14.046385 357266.844 221995.325 352.5496 28 1.8208943 +14.316193 357236.696 221976.592 353.1441 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v3.0 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2023 March 06 at 07:54:25 PM Monday