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EXPERIMENTAL G4 Basic Geocentric Equatorial Ephemeris Calculator
Based on the NASA/JPL HORIZONS and DE405 Ephemerides
Solar System Body Name
Sun | Moon | Mercury to Pluto
Local Calendar Date
Year Month Day
Local Clock Time
(00h to 24h)
Time Zone Offset From UTC
(Neg|Pos = West|East)
UTC
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============================================================================== SUN Ephemeris Span From 1600 to 2025 Apparent Geocentric Equatorial Ephemeris Statistics For True Equator and Equinox of Date For 2025-Jul-17-Thu 01:02:56 LT Local Time Zone UTC+00:00:00 JD 2460873.54450444 TT Delta T +00:01:09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Right Distance Visual Ascension Declination Light_Time Magn Ang_Diameter ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ------ -------------- 07h 46m 38.127s +21° 10' 43.310" 1.016309749604 AU -26.71 0.5245803056° 7.7772576 h +21.1786971° 152,037,775 km 31.474818' 116° 39' 31.910" 94,471,893 mi 1888.48910" 116.6588640° 08m 27.143 s 0° 31' 28.489" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Radial Velocity of Sun Relative to Earth −Neg = Towards +Pos = Away -0.0860585 km/s = -309.81060 km/h towards Earth = -0.0534743 mi/s = -192.50738 mi/h towards Earth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================== Calendar Date Time Julian Date JD Number --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- Local Date/Time 2025-Jul-17-Thu 01:02:56 LT 2460873.54370370 2460874 LT Local Time Zone +00:00:00 TZ +0.00000000 UTC 2025-Jul-17-Thu 01:02:56 UTC 2460873.54370370 2460874 UTC Delta T +00:01:09 DT +0.00080074 Astronomical TT 2025-Jul-17-Thu 01:04:05 TT 2460873.54450444 2460874 TT TAI Adjustment -00:00:32.184 -0.00037250 Atomic Time TAI 2025-Jul-17-Thu 01:03:33 TAI 2460873.54413194 2460874 TAI Horizons Delta T +69.183684s +00:01:09.184 ----> +00:01:09
=================================================================================================== For Numerical Reference: SUN 2025-Jul-17-Thu 01:02:56 LT Time Zone UTC+00:00 Working Julian Date ---> 2460873.54450444 TT Raw 11-point Lagrangian interpolation work table for the Sun Ephemeris JD_TT RA_Hrs Decl_Deg Dist_AU Rad_Vel_kps VMag Illum_% Ang_Diam_" Delta_T_Sec ========= ========== =========== =============== =========== ====== ======= ========== ============ 2460871.5 07.6397506 +21.5141103 01.016402742838 -00.0717831 -26.71 100.000 1888.31600 +0069.183740 2460872.0 07.6734324 +21.4344262 01.016381537985 -00.0750952 -26.71 100.000 1888.35500 +0069.183726 2460872.5 07.7070798 +21.3532198 01.016359361255 -00.0785161 -26.71 100.000 1888.39600 +0069.183712 2460873.0 07.7406926 +21.2704979 01.016336179659 -00.0820564 -26.71 100.000 1888.44000 +0069.183699 2460873.5 07.7742706 +21.1862673 01.016311957323 -00.0857254 -26.71 100.000 1888.48500 +0069.183685 2460874.0 07.8078133 +21.1005350 01.016286655961 -00.0895306 -26.71 100.000 1888.53200 +0069.183672 2460874.5 07.8413206 +21.0133085 01.016260235408 -00.0934775 -26.71 100.000 1888.58100 +0069.183658 2460875.0 07.8747922 +20.9245953 01.016232654229 -00.0975693 -26.71 100.000 1888.63200 +0069.183645 2460875.5 07.9082277 +20.8344034 01.016203870374 -00.1018070 -26.71 100.000 1888.68500 +0069.183631 2460876.0 07.9416268 +20.7427410 01.016173841888 -00.1061889 -26.71 100.000 1888.74100 +0069.183618 2460876.5 07.9749891 +20.6496165 01.016142527658 -00.1107109 -26.71 100.000 1888.79900 +0069.183604
====================================================================================================================== SUN - 2025 Jul 1 to Jul 31 - Month Ephemeris Table TT at 0.5-day Intervals JD_TT Calendar_Date RA_Deg Decl_Deg Geo_Dist_AU Rad_Vel_kps VMag Illum_% Ang_Diam_" Delta_T_Sec --------- --------------- ----------- ----------- --------------- ----------- ------ ------- ----------- ------------- 2460854.5 2025-Jun-28-Sat 97.1576822 +23.2751823 1.016559039977 +0.0527447 -26.71 100.000 1888.026000 +69.184209 2460855.0 2025-Jun-28-Sat 97.6762323 +23.2506837 1.016573534318 +0.0476564 -26.71 100.000 1887.999000 +69.184196 2460855.5 2025-Jun-29-Sun 98.1945500 +23.2244839 1.016586573287 +0.0426662 -26.71 100.000 1887.974000 +69.184182 2460856.0 2025-Jun-29-Sun 98.7126226 +23.1965860 1.016598186132 +0.0377801 -26.71 100.000 1887.953000 +69.184168 2460856.5 2025-Jun-30-Mon 99.2304379 +23.1669931 1.016608403470 +0.0330016 -26.71 100.000 1887.934000 +69.184155 2460857.0 2025-Jun-30-Mon 99.7479842 +23.1357088 1.016617256740 +0.0283330 -26.71 100.000 1887.917000 +69.184141 2460857.5 2025-Jul-01-Tue 100.2652502 +23.1027367 1.016624777767 +0.0237748 -26.71 100.000 1887.903000 +69.184127 2460858.0 2025-Jul-01-Tue 100.7822249 +23.0680806 1.016630998413 +0.0193266 -26.71 100.000 1887.892000 +69.184114 2460858.5 2025-Jul-02-Wed 101.2988976 +23.0317447 1.016635950314 +0.0149874 -26.71 100.000 1887.883000 +69.184100 2460859.0 2025-Jul-02-Wed 101.8152578 +22.9937332 1.016639664698 +0.0107555 -26.71 100.000 1887.876000 +69.184086 2460859.5 2025-Jul-03-Thu 102.3312955 +22.9540507 1.016642172254 +0.0066288 -26.71 100.000 1887.871000 +69.184072 2460860.0 2025-Jul-03-Thu 102.8470006 +22.9127015 1.016643503052 +0.0026051 -26.71 100.000 1887.869000 +69.184059 2460860.5 2025-Jul-04-Fri 103.3623634 +22.8696907 1.016643686486 -0.0013181 -26.71 100.000 1887.868000 +69.184045 2460861.0 2025-Jul-04-Fri 103.8773744 +22.8250230 1.016642751244 -0.0051431 -26.71 100.000 1887.870000 +69.184031 2460861.5 2025-Jul-05-Sat 104.3920240 +22.7787035 1.016640725272 -0.0088727 -26.71 100.000 1887.874000 +69.184017 2460862.0 2025-Jul-05-Sat 104.9063031 +22.7307375 1.016637635738 -0.0125096 -26.71 100.000 1887.880000 +69.184003 2460862.5 2025-Jul-06-Sun 105.4202027 +22.6811303 1.016633508981 -0.0160569 -26.71 100.000 1887.887000 +69.183989 2460863.0 2025-Jul-06-Sun 105.9337138 +22.6298872 1.016628370436 -0.0195177 -26.71 100.000 1887.897000 +69.183976 2460863.5 2025-Jul-07-Mon 106.4468277 +22.5770140 1.016622244531 -0.0228958 -26.71 100.000 1887.908000 +69.183962 2460864.0 2025-Jul-07-Mon 106.9595360 +22.5225162 1.016615154548 -0.0261955 -26.71 100.000 1887.921000 +69.183948 2460864.5 2025-Jul-08-Tue 107.4718301 +22.4663995 1.016607122455 -0.0294216 -26.71 100.000 1887.936000 +69.183934 2460865.0 2025-Jul-08-Tue 107.9837018 +22.4086698 1.016598168696 -0.0325798 -26.71 100.000 1887.953000 +69.183920 2460865.5 2025-Jul-09-Wed 108.4951432 +22.3493330 1.016588311953 -0.0356767 -26.71 100.000 1887.971000 +69.183906 2460866.0 2025-Jul-09-Wed 109.0061464 +22.2883950 1.016577568868 -0.0387198 -26.71 100.000 1887.991000 +69.183892 2460866.5 2025-Jul-10-Thu 109.5167037 +22.2258617 1.016565953755 -0.0417177 -26.71 100.000 1888.013000 +69.183878 2460867.0 2025-Jul-10-Thu 110.0268077 +22.1617392 1.016553478291 -0.0446801 -26.71 100.000 1888.036000 +69.183864 2460867.5 2025-Jul-11-Fri 110.5364512 +22.0960335 1.016540151201 -0.0476178 -26.71 100.000 1888.061000 +69.183850 2460868.0 2025-Jul-11-Fri 111.0456274 +22.0287505 1.016525977961 -0.0505425 -26.71 100.000 1888.087000 +69.183836 2460868.5 2025-Jul-12-Sat 111.5543295 +21.9598962 1.016510960516 -0.0534668 -26.71 100.000 1888.115000 +69.183823 2460869.0 2025-Jul-12-Sat 112.0625513 +21.8894766 1.016495097043 -0.0564042 -26.71 100.000 1888.144000 +69.183809 2460869.5 2025-Jul-13-Sun 112.5702869 +21.8174978 1.016478381758 -0.0593687 -26.71 100.000 1888.175000 +69.183795 2460870.0 2025-Jul-13-Sun 113.0775306 +21.7439657 1.016460804783 -0.0623745 -26.71 100.000 1888.208000 +69.183781 2460870.5 2025-Jul-14-Mon 113.5842772 +21.6688863 1.016442352091 -0.0654361 -26.71 100.000 1888.242000 +69.183767 2460871.0 2025-Jul-14-Mon 114.0905217 +21.5922658 1.016423005512 -0.0685677 -26.71 100.000 1888.278000 +69.183753 2460871.5 2025-Jul-15-Tue 114.5962595 +21.5141103 1.016402742838 -0.0717831 -26.71 100.000 1888.316000 +69.183740 2460872.0 2025-Jul-15-Tue 115.1014861 +21.4344262 1.016381537985 -0.0750952 -26.71 100.000 1888.355000 +69.183726 2460872.5 2025-Jul-16-Wed 115.6061976 +21.3532198 1.016359361255 -0.0785161 -26.71 100.000 1888.396000 +69.183712 2460873.0 2025-Jul-16-Wed 116.1103896 +21.2704979 1.016336179659 -0.0820564 -26.71 100.000 1888.440000 +69.183699 2460873.5 2025-Jul-17-Thu 116.6140584 +21.1862673 1.016311957323 -0.0857254 -26.71 100.000 1888.485000 +69.183685 2460874.0 2025-Jul-17-Thu 117.1171997 +21.1005350 1.016286655961 -0.0895306 -26.71 100.000 1888.532000 +69.183672 2460874.5 2025-Jul-18-Fri 117.6198093 +21.0133085 1.016260235408 -0.0934775 -26.71 100.000 1888.581000 +69.183658 2460875.0 2025-Jul-18-Fri 118.1218829 +20.9245953 1.016232654229 -0.0975693 -26.71 100.000 1888.632000 +69.183645 2460875.5 2025-Jul-19-Sat 118.6234155 +20.8344034 1.016203870374 -0.1018070 -26.71 100.000 1888.685000 +69.183631 2460876.0 2025-Jul-19-Sat 119.1244020 +20.7427410 1.016173841888 -0.1061889 -26.71 100.000 1888.741000 +69.183618 2460876.5 2025-Jul-20-Sun 119.6248368 +20.6496165 1.016142527658 -0.1107109 -26.71 100.000 1888.799000 +69.183604 2460877.0 2025-Jul-20-Sun 120.1247138 +20.5550387 1.016109888187 -0.1153659 -26.71 100.000 1888.860000 +69.183591 2460877.5 2025-Jul-21-Mon 120.6240265 +20.4590165 1.016075886373 -0.1201444 -26.71 100.000 1888.923000 +69.183578 2460878.0 2025-Jul-21-Mon 121.1227681 +20.3615590 1.016040488260 -0.1250342 -26.71 100.000 1888.989000 +69.183565 2460878.5 2025-Jul-22-Tue 121.6209315 +20.2626754 1.016003663750 -0.1300208 -26.71 100.000 1889.058000 +69.183551 2460879.0 2025-Jul-22-Tue 122.1185093 +20.1623752 1.015965387223 -0.1350877 -26.71 100.000 1889.129000 +69.183538 2460879.5 2025-Jul-23-Wed 122.6154941 +20.0606678 1.015925638052 -0.1402170 -26.71 100.000 1889.203000 +69.183525 2460880.0 2025-Jul-23-Wed 123.1118787 +19.9575627 1.015884400974 -0.1453895 -26.71 100.000 1889.279000 +69.183512 2460880.5 2025-Jul-24-Thu 123.6076562 +19.8530696 1.015841666312 -0.1505857 -26.71 100.000 1889.359000 +69.183499 2460881.0 2025-Jul-24-Thu 124.1028200 +19.7471979 1.015797430022 -0.1557863 -26.71 100.000 1889.441000 +69.183486 2460881.5 2025-Jul-25-Fri 124.5973639 +19.6399572 1.015751693581 -0.1609725 -26.71 100.000 1889.526000 +69.183473 2460882.0 2025-Jul-25-Fri 125.0912826 +19.5313573 1.015704463734 -0.1661266 -26.71 100.000 1889.614000 +69.183460 2460882.5 2025-Jul-26-Sat 125.5845712 +19.4214077 1.015655752100 -0.1712325 -26.71 100.000 1889.705000 +69.183448 2460883.0 2025-Jul-26-Sat 126.0772253 +19.3101182 1.015605574702 -0.1762760 -26.71 100.000 1889.798000 +69.183435 2460883.5 2025-Jul-27-Sun 126.5692415 +19.1974986 1.015553951425 -0.1812445 -26.71 100.000 1889.894000 +69.183422 2460884.0 2025-Jul-27-Sun 127.0606166 +19.0835588 1.015500905453 -0.1861277 -26.71 100.000 1889.993000 +69.183409 2460884.5 2025-Jul-28-Mon 127.5513482 +18.9683086 1.015446462710 -0.1909170 -26.71 100.000 1890.094000 +69.183397 2460885.0 2025-Jul-28-Mon 128.0414342 +18.8517581 1.015390651331 -0.1956057 -26.71 100.000 1890.198000 +69.183384 2460885.5 2025-Jul-29-Tue 128.5308729 +18.7339174 1.015333501180 -0.2001884 -26.71 100.000 1890.304000 +69.183371 2460886.0 2025-Jul-29-Tue 129.0196632 +18.6147967 1.015275043433 -0.2046613 -26.71 100.000 1890.413000 +69.183359 2460886.5 2025-Jul-30-Wed 129.5078041 +18.4944061 1.015215310217 -0.2090217 -26.71 100.000 1890.525000 +69.183346 2460887.0 2025-Jul-30-Wed 129.9952951 +18.3727560 1.015154334333 -0.2132676 -26.71 100.000 1890.638000 +69.183334 2460887.5 2025-Jul-31-Thu 130.4821359 +18.2498566 1.015092149023 -0.2173978 -26.71 100.000 1890.754000 +69.183321 2460888.0 2025-Jul-31-Thu 130.9683265 +18.1257184 1.015028787805 -0.2214116 -26.71 100.000 1890.872000 +69.183309 2460888.5 2025-Aug-01-Fri 131.4538671 +18.0003518 1.014964284355 -0.2253087 -26.71 100.000 1890.992000 +69.183296 2460889.0 2025-Aug-01-Fri 131.9387582 +17.8737672 1.014898672421 -0.2290888 -26.71 100.000 1891.114000 +69.183284 2460889.5 2025-Aug-02-Sat 132.4230006 +17.7459751 1.014831985763 -0.2327520 -26.71 100.000 1891.239000 +69.183271 2460890.0 2025-Aug-02-Sat 132.9065951 +17.6169860 1.014764258116 -0.2362985 -26.71 100.000 1891.365000 +69.183259 2460890.5 2025-Aug-03-Sun 133.3895429 +17.4868104 1.014695523143 -0.2397286 -26.71 100.000 1891.493000 +69.183247 2460891.0 2025-Aug-03-Sun 133.8718453 +17.3554589 1.014625814396 -0.2430428 -26.71 100.000 1891.623000 +69.183234 --------- --------------- ----------- ----------- --------------- ----------- ------ ------- ----------- ------------- JD_TT Calendar_Date RA_Deg Decl_Deg Geo_Dist_AU Rad_Vel_kps VMag Illum_% Ang_Diam_" Delta_T_Sec
EXPERIMENTAL G4 BASIC TABULAR GEOCENTRIC SOLAR SYSTEM EPHEMERIS An Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner - 2025 This simple tabular ephemeris attempts to emulate some of the computations of the NASA/JPL HORIZONS ephemeris, with a little less fuss. The lunar phases, perigees and apogees are computed from the DE405 ephemeris. Positions are for the TRUE ecliptic, equator and equinox of the date. BUG NOTE: Mercury and Venus visual magnitude glitch, where the bodies are normally not visible, still needs to be fixed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SYMBOLS USED, TIME SCALES, RELATIONSHIPS AND ADJUSTMENTS G4 = Generation 4 JD = Julian Date corresponding to a given Date/Time/Zone JD Num = Julian Day Number = Calendar date serial number corresponding to JD = floor(JD + 0.5) LT = Local (Clock) Time = UT + (TZ) TZ = Local Time Zone Offset From UT (Neg|Pos = West|East) ±00:00 = UT UT = Universal Time = LT − (TZ) Where: UT means UT1 if Year < 1962 (Up to 1961) or UT means UTC if Year > 1961 (From 1962 onward) DT = Delta T = TT − UT TT = TDB = Terrestrial (Barycentric Dynamical) Time = UT + (DT) TAI = International Atomic Time = TT − 00:00:32.184 ----------------------------- DAYLIGHT SAVING / SUMMER TIME There are many places where Daylight Saving or Summer Time is not observed. Hawaii is one of them. To account for Daylight Saving or Summer Time, we simply need to reduce the standard Time Zone offset by 1 hour. For example, in New York City, when Standard Time is in effect, the standard time zone difference between universal time (UT) and local time (LT) is UT − LT = −5 hours (West of Greenwich). A negative Time Zone offset means west of Greenwich and a positive value means east of Greenwich. An offset of 00:00 is the same as UT. -5 hours means that New York City local time (LT) is 5 hours behind UT, so we have to add 5 hours to local time to obtain the correspon- ding UT for the same moment. However, when Daylight Saving Time is in effect and we set the clocks ahead by one hour, the difference between UT and LT becomes one hour less, or −4 hours instead of the standard difference of −5 hours. When Standard Time is in effect: New York City Standard Time + 5 hours = UT When Daylight Saving Time is in effect: New York City Daylight Saving Time + 4 hours = UT The above also applies to other places that observe Daylight Saving Time as well. ----------------------------------------- RADIAL VELOCITY OF BODY RELATIVE TO EARTH Every solar system body is in motion relative to Earth and is either moving towards or away from Earth at any given moment. The radius vector is the geocentric distance between the body and Earth and the radial velocity is the rate at which this distance between the body and Earth is either decreasing or increasing at any given moment along this interconnecting line. A Negative Value = Body moving towards Earth = Distance decreasing and A Positive Value = Body moving away from Earth = Distance increasing Only at the moments of perigee and apogee, does the radial velocity equate to zero momentarily before reversing trend. ---------------- LUNAR IMAGE SIZE The size of the lunar phase image varies with the lunar distance, even though the difference is subtle and not easily noticeable. The percent of average or mean size is based on a mean distance of 384400 km, with a mean angular diameter of 1779.59415" = 100.000 percent at that dist- ance. ------------------- EPHEMERIS TIME SPAN Not all of the ephemerides span the same interval. Some ephemerides span a longer or shorter time period than others, depending on the selected body. The ephemeris span will be indicated when a body name is entered. ------- COOKIES This program uses a cookie. The sole purpose of the cookie is to remember the interface settings between calls. If you navigate to another page and return later, the cookie will recall all the previous settings and restore them unless the cookie has been deleted. It is NOT a tracking cookie and in no way compromises user security. The cookie automatically expires in exactly 30 days from the moment of creation if not refreshed before then. The cookie is refreshed on each program call unless deleted between calls, in which case, the interface values will revert back to the initial default values.
Program by Jay Tanner
Revised: Thursday, January 01, 1970 at 12:00:00 AM UTC