20,000-Year Lunar Phase Calculator
BC 9999 to AD 9999
PHP Program by Jay Tanner - 2025 - Built Around The NASA/JPL Horizons API
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Phase Angle: 202.094°
Waning gibbous, just past full moon.
Distance: 355,683.2 km = 221,011.3 mi
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====================================================== TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR PHASE CALCULATOR FOR ANY GIVEN DATE, TIME AND LOCATION Calendar Date/Time AD 2025-Nov-06 19:38:37 Time Scale: UT Time Zone UT-05:00 (Ignored if TT Scale) Standard Time Location Name Central New York State, USA Longitude = -76.862737° Latitude = +42.904788° Altitude = +150 m Reference Frame ICRF International Celestial Reference Frame Mean refraction is applied to rise/set computations. ###################################################### MOON RISE / TRANSIT / SET TIMES Standard Time Local Date and Time Azim Dir Event Elev -------------------- -------- --- ------- ------ AD 2025-Nov-06 00:25 On Merid | Transit 69.96° AD 2025-Nov-06 08:23 304.19° NW Set AD 2025-Nov-06 17:24 53.95° NE Rise ###################################################### MOON TOPOCENTRIC EPHEMERIS STATISTICS Calendar Date AD 2025-Nov-06 Local Time 19:38:37 Standard Time Local Time Zone UT-05:00 NOTE: Time Zone is ignored if using the TT time Scale Julian Date 2460986.526817129 UT Right Ascension 04h 15m 25.876s 4.2571876746 h 63° 51' 28.134" 63.857815119° Declination +25° 38' 09.693" +25.636025855° Distance 355,683.2 km 221,011.3 mi 0.00237759524585 AU Angular Diameter 0° 33' 35.085" 2015.085" 0.5597458333° Visual Magnitude -12.330 Horizon Azimuth 73.9° Direction: ENE Horizon Elevation +20.9° Above Local Horizon Lunar Phase Angle 202.094° Waning gibbous, just past full moon. Where: 0° = New Moon 45 = Waxing Crescent 90 = First Quarter 135 = Waxing Gibbous 180 = Full Moon 225 = Waning Gibbous 270 = Last Quarter 315 = Waning Crescent 360 = New Moon ###################################################### Local Hour Angle -05h 38m 21.287s -5.639246497 h -84° 35' 19.311" -84.588697455° Loc Sidereal Time 22h 37m 04.588s 22.6179411774 h 339° 16' 08.824" 339.269117661° Radial Velocity -0.2700254 km/s -972.09144 km/h -0.167786 mi/s -604.029617 mi/h Approaching Observer Delta T (TDB−UT) +69.182618 sec +0d 00h 01m 09.182618s ######################################################