DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator Based on the 600-year NASA/JPL DE405 Ephemeris Model Spanning the Period From 1600 to 2200 on the Modern Gregorian Calendar
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			15.4435 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 = 2026 Jan 19 Mon Time = 22:48:22 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 = 2461060.65945602 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 15.4435 deg Visual Phase = Waxing crescent, just past new moon Horizon Altitude = -49.889° BELOW local horizon - Descending in WNW Direction Azimuth = 294.898° = WNW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 07:32 Sunrise 08:17 Moonrise - Waxing crescent, just past new moon 17:05 Sunset 17:58 Moonset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 21h 14m 34.474s = 21.2429095 h = 318.6436425° Declination = -18° 10' 42.20" = -18.178389° Distance = 242971.685 mi = 391025.024 km Angular Diameter = 30' 33.67" = 30.56126' = 1833.68" = 0.5093543° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 56' 04.60" = 0.9346120° = 56.07672' = 3364.60" Local Hour Angle = -14h 34m 03.70s = -14.5676945 h = -218.5154180° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 21h 12m 47.287s = 21.2131353 h = 318.1970295° Declination = -18° 36' 12.22" = -18.603395° Radial Velocity = -139.43 km/h = -86.64 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3636.96 km/h = 2259.90 mi/h JANUARY 2026 - 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 --------------------- ----------------------------------- 2026 Jan 01 Thu 16:44 Perigee 223909.76 mi = 360347.83 km 2026 Jan 03 Sat 05:03 Full Moon = Phase 180 2026 Jan 10 Sat 10:48 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2026 Jan 13 Tue 15:47 Apogee 251927.60 mi = 405438.17 km 2026 Jan 18 Sun 14:52 New Moon = Phase 0/360 2026 Jan 25 Sun 23:47 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90 2026 Jan 29 Thu 16:46 Perigee 227341.46 mi = 365870.62 km There are two lunar perigees in January of 2026 LT.
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLES Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-05:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2026 Jan 19 Mon 22:48:22 LT 2461060.45025463 2461060 LT -05:00:00 TZ -0.20833333 2026 Jan 20 Tue 03:48:22 UT 2461060.65858796 2461061 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2026 Jan 20 Tue 03:49:37 TT 2461060.65945602 2461061 TT JD TT = 2461060.65945602 = 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 11h 47m 48.30s = 11.7967491 h = 176.9512358 deg Local 06h 40m 30.77s = 6.6752150 h = 100.1282247 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2026 Jan 19 Mon Time = 22:48:22 LT Time Zone = UT-05:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2461060.65945602 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 = 21h 14m 34.474s = 21.2429095 h = 318.6436425° Declination = -18° 10' 42.20" = -18.178389° Distance = 242971.685 mi = 391025.024 km Phase Angle = 15.44351° Visual Phase = Waxing crescent, just past new moon Angular Diameter = 30' 33.67" = 30.56126' = 1833.68" = 0.5093543° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 56' 04.60" = 0.9346120° = 56.07672' = 3364.60" Radial Velocity = -139.43 km/h = -86.64 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3636.96 km/h = 2259.90 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 21h 12m 47.287s = 21.2131353 h = 318.1970295° Declination = -18° 36' 12.22" = -18.603395° Horizon Altitude = -49.889° BELOW local horizon - Descending in WNW Direction Azimuth = 294.898° = WNW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = -14h 34m 03.70s = -14.5676945 h = -218.5154180° Light Time = 1.2773 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.5546 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 07:32 Sunrise 08:17 Moonrise - Waxing crescent, just past new moon 17:05 Sunset 17:58 Moonset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2026 Jan 19 Mon 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 = 2461059.70920139 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 20.3300279 -22.791606 394588.370 245185.846 2.9410 -2 20.3661344 -22.635252 394452.377 245101.344 3.4215 -1 20.4021825 -22.476971 394316.147 245016.694 3.9023 00 20.4381724 -22.316776 394179.689 244931.903 4.3835 01 20.4741035 -22.154683 394043.014 244846.977 4.8649 02 20.5099756 -21.990706 393906.130 244761.922 5.3467 03 20.5457888 -21.824860 393769.047 244676.742 5.8288 04 20.5815427 -21.657160 393631.772 244591.443 6.3112 05 20.6172372 -21.487621 393494.316 244506.032 6.7939 06 20.6528724 -21.316260 393356.686 244420.513 7.2770 07 20.6884480 -21.143090 393218.890 244334.890 7.7604 08 20.7239640 -20.968128 393080.939 244249.172 8.2441 09 20.7594205 -20.791389 392942.838 244163.360 8.7281 10 20.7948175 -20.612889 392804.596 244077.460 9.2124 11 20.8301550 -20.432645 392666.221 243991.478 9.6971 12 20.8654331 -20.250671 392527.721 243905.418 10.1821 13 20.9006519 -20.066985 392389.103 243819.285 10.6674 14 20.9358115 -19.881602 392250.375 243733.083 11.1530 15 20.9709122 -19.694538 392111.543 243646.817 11.6390 16 21.0059541 -19.505810 391972.615 243560.491 12.1252 17 21.0409373 -19.315434 391833.598 243474.110 12.6118 18 21.0758622 -19.123427 391694.498 243387.677 13.0988 19 21.1107289 -18.929806 391555.323 243301.198 13.5860 20 21.1455378 -18.734586 391416.078 243214.675 14.0736 21 21.1802892 -18.537786 391276.770 243128.113 14.5615 22 21.2149835 -18.339420 391137.405 243041.516 15.0497 23 21.2496209 -18.139508 390997.989 242954.887 15.5383 24 21.2842020 -17.938065 390858.529 242868.230 16.0271 25 21.3187271 -17.735108 390719.029 242781.549 16.5163 26 21.3531965 -17.530655 390579.496 242694.847 17.0059 27 21.3876109 -17.324722 390439.934 242608.127 17.4957 28 21.4219706 -17.117327 390300.350 242521.394 17.9859 -------- ------------------------------------------------- TIME LT BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE AND LOCATION 07:32 Sunrise 08:17 Moonrise - Waxing crescent, just past new moon 17:05 Sunset 17:58 Moonset ====================================================================== HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR DISTANCE, RADIAL VELOCITY AND ORBITAL VELOCITY TABLE INCLUDING ANY APOGEE OR PERIGEE EVENT ON DATE. DATE = 2026 Jan 19 Mon TIME = UT-05:00 dT = +00:01:15 = NASA Delta T estimate For Radial Velocity: Neg/Pos = Approaching/Receding == ======================= =================== ==================== LT GEOCENTRIC DISTANCE RADIAL VELOCITY ORBITAL VELOCITY hh km mi km/h mi/h km/h mi/h -- ---------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -2 394452.377 245101.344 -136.113 -84.577 3607.738 2241.744 -1 394316.147 245016.694 -136.345 -84.721 3608.956 2242.501 00 394179.689 244931.903 -136.568 -84.859 3610.157 2243.248 01 394043.014 244846.977 -136.780 -84.991 3611.375 2244.005 02 393906.130 244761.922 -136.985 -85.119 3612.583 2244.755 03 393769.047 244676.742 -137.180 -85.240 3613.780 2245.498 04 393631.772 244591.443 -137.367 -85.355 3614.993 2246.252 05 393494.316 244506.032 -137.544 -85.466 3616.188 2246.995 06 393356.686 244420.513 -137.714 -85.572 3617.370 2247.730 07 393218.890 244334.890 -137.874 -85.671 3618.566 2248.473 08 393080.939 244249.172 -138.028 -85.766 3619.760 2249.214 09 392942.838 244163.360 -138.172 -85.857 3620.935 2249.945 10 392804.596 244077.460 -138.309 -85.941 3622.131 2250.688 11 392666.221 243991.478 -138.439 -86.022 3623.302 2251.415 12 392527.721 243905.418 -138.559 -86.096 3624.473 2252.143 13 392389.103 243819.285 -138.675 -86.169 3625.648 2252.873 14 392250.375 243733.083 -138.781 -86.234 3626.822 2253.603 15 392111.543 243646.817 -138.880 -86.297 3627.972 2254.317 16 391972.615 243560.491 -138.974 -86.354 3629.153 2255.051 17 391833.598 243474.110 -139.059 -86.407 3630.303 2255.766 18 391694.498 243387.677 -139.138 -86.457 3631.447 2256.477 19 391555.323 243301.198 -139.211 -86.501 3632.618 2257.204 20 391416.078 243214.675 -139.278 -86.544 3633.754 2257.910 21 391276.770 243128.113 -139.337 -86.580 3634.897 2258.620 22 391137.405 243041.516 -139.391 -86.613 3636.039 2259.330 23 390997.989 242954.887 -139.439 -86.644 3637.180 2260.039 24 390858.529 242868.230 -139.481 -86.669 3638.309 2260.740 25 390719.029 242781.549 -139.517 -86.692 3639.443 2261.445 26 390579.496 242694.847 -139.548 -86.711 3640.571 2262.146 27 390439.934 242608.127 -139.573 -86.727 3641.683 2262.837 -------- -----------------------------------------------------------
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.94 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner Revised: 2021 June 21 at 06:54:17 AM Monday