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
291.1889 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 Sep 15 Mon Time = 22:03:28 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 = 2460934.58660880 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 291.1889 deg Visual Phase = Waning crescent moon Horizon Altitude = -17.731° BELOW local horizon - Ascending in NNE Direction Azimuth = 21.384° = NNE (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 06:48 Sunrise 16:13 Moonset - Waning crescent moon 19:16 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 07h 06m 00.280s = 7.1000779 h = 106.5011685° Declination = +27° 20' 24.61" = +27.340169° Distance = 234632.471 mi = 377604.360 km Angular Diameter = 31' 38.85" = 31.64744' = 1898.85" = 0.5274573° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 58' 04.20" = 0.9678320° = 58.06992' = 3484.20" Local Hour Angle = +13h 32m 33.10s = +13.5425289 h = +203.1379340° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 07h 07m 14.973s = 7.1208258 h = 106.8123870° Declination = +26° 27' 48.72" = +26.463532° Radial Velocity = +143.53 km/h = +89.19 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3738.07 km/h = 2322.73 mi/h SEPTEMBER 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 Sep 07 Sun 14:09 Full Moon = Phase 180 2025 Sep 10 Wed 08:09 Perigee 226662.15 mi = 364777.37 km 2025 Sep 14 Sun 06:33 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2025 Sep 21 Sun 15:54 New Moon = Phase 0/360 2025 Sep 26 Fri 05:46 Apogee 251995.57 mi = 405547.57 km 2025 Sep 29 Mon 19:54 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLES Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 Sep 15 Mon 22:03:28 LT 2460934.41907407 2460934 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 Sep 16 Tue 02:03:28 UT 2460934.58574074 2460935 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Sep 16 Tue 02:04:43 TT 2460934.58660880 2460935 TT JD TT = 2460934.58660880 = 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 01h 45m 50.91s = 1.7641409 h = 26.4621136 deg Local 20h 38m 33.38s = 20.6426068 h = 309.6391025 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Sep 15 Mon Time = 22:03:28 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460934.58660880 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 = 07h 06m 00.280s = 7.1000779 h = 106.5011685° Declination = +27° 20' 24.61" = +27.340169° Distance = 234632.471 mi = 377604.360 km Phase Angle = 291.18893° Visual Phase = Waning crescent moon Angular Diameter = 31' 38.85" = 31.64744' = 1898.85" = 0.5274573° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 58' 04.20" = 0.9678320° = 58.06992' = 3484.20" Radial Velocity = +143.53 km/h = +89.19 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3738.07 km/h = 2322.73 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 07h 07m 14.973s = 7.1208258 h = 106.8123870° Declination = +26° 27' 48.72" = +26.463532° Horizon Altitude = -17.731° BELOW local horizon - Ascending in NNE Direction Azimuth = 21.384° = NNE (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +13h 32m 33.10s = +13.5425289 h = +203.1379340° Light Time = 1.2325 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.4650 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 06:48 Sunrise 16:13 Moonset - Waning crescent moon 19:16 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 Sep 15 Mon 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 = 2460933.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 6.0217878 +28.607625 374078.264 232441.457 277.8294 -2 6.0655717 +28.593725 374215.404 232526.672 278.3678 -1 6.1093115 +28.576676 374352.920 232612.120 278.9058 00 6.1530046 +28.556489 374490.800 232697.795 279.4434 01 6.1966486 +28.533172 374629.034 232783.690 279.9805 02 6.2402408 +28.506738 374767.610 232869.797 280.5172 03 6.2837788 +28.477199 374906.517 232956.109 281.0534 04 6.3272602 +28.444566 375045.747 233042.623 281.5892 05 6.3706825 +28.408853 375185.288 233129.330 282.1246 06 6.4140432 +28.370072 375325.129 233216.223 282.6595 07 6.4573401 +28.328238 375465.262 233303.297 283.1940 08 6.5005709 +28.283364 375605.677 233390.547 283.7281 09 6.5437331 +28.235466 375746.364 233477.966 284.2617 10 6.5868248 +28.184559 375887.314 233565.548 284.7948 11 6.6298435 +28.130659 376028.518 233653.289 285.3276 12 6.6727870 +28.073782 376169.966 233741.180 285.8599 13 6.7156534 +28.013945 376311.650 233829.219 286.3917 14 6.7584406 +27.951166 376453.562 233917.399 286.9231 15 6.8011463 +27.885462 376595.692 234005.714 287.4541 16 6.8437688 +27.816851 376738.034 234094.161 287.9846 17 6.8863061 +27.745351 376880.578 234182.734 288.5147 18 6.9287562 +27.670982 377023.317 234271.428 289.0443 19 6.9711174 +27.593763 377166.243 234360.238 289.5735 20 7.0133878 +27.513713 377309.348 234449.159 290.1023 21 7.0555656 +27.430853 377452.625 234538.188 290.6306 22 7.0976493 +27.345202 377596.068 234627.319 291.1584 23 7.1396372 +27.256782 377739.668 234716.548 291.6859 24 7.1815275 +27.165614 377883.419 234805.871 292.2129 25 7.2233190 +27.071719 378027.314 234895.283 292.7394 26 7.2650101 +26.975119 378171.347 234984.781 293.2655 27 7.3065992 +26.875836 378315.510 235074.359 293.7912 28 7.3480851 +26.773893 378459.799 235164.017 294.3164 -------- ------------------------------------------------- TIME LT BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE AND LOCATION 06:48 Sunrise 16:13 Moonset - Waning crescent moon 19:16 Sunset ====================================================================== HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR DISTANCE, RADIAL VELOCITY AND ORBITAL VELOCITY TABLE INCLUDING ANY APOGEE OR PERIGEE EVENT ON DATE. DATE = 2025 Sep 15 Mon TIME = UT-04:00 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 374215.404 232526.672 +137.330 +85.333 3768.294 2341.510 -1 374352.920 232612.120 +137.699 +85.563 3767.014 2340.714 00 374490.800 232697.795 +138.059 +85.785 3765.731 2339.917 01 374629.034 232783.690 +138.405 +86.001 3764.446 2339.118 02 374767.610 232869.797 +138.744 +86.212 3763.171 2338.326 03 374906.517 232956.109 +139.070 +86.414 3761.889 2337.529 04 375045.747 233042.623 +139.386 +86.610 3760.604 2336.731 05 375185.288 233129.330 +139.692 +86.801 3759.349 2335.951 06 375325.129 233216.223 +139.989 +86.985 3758.068 2335.155 07 375465.262 233303.297 +140.275 +87.163 3756.802 2334.369 08 375605.677 233390.547 +140.552 +87.335 3755.541 2333.585 09 375746.364 233477.966 +140.820 +87.501 3754.287 2332.806 10 375887.314 233565.548 +141.077 +87.662 3753.012 2332.013 11 376028.518 233653.289 +141.327 +87.816 3751.765 2331.239 12 376169.966 233741.180 +141.568 +87.966 3750.516 2330.463 13 376311.650 233829.219 +141.799 +88.110 3749.261 2329.683 14 376453.562 233917.399 +142.022 +88.249 3748.014 2328.908 15 376595.692 234005.714 +142.237 +88.382 3746.770 2328.135 16 376738.034 234094.161 +142.444 +88.510 3745.526 2327.362 17 376880.578 234182.734 +142.643 +88.634 3744.296 2326.598 18 377023.317 234271.428 +142.833 +88.753 3743.056 2325.827 19 377166.243 234360.238 +143.016 +88.866 3741.813 2325.055 20 377309.348 234449.159 +143.193 +88.976 3740.597 2324.299 21 377452.625 234538.188 +143.361 +89.080 3739.367 2323.535 22 377596.068 234627.319 +143.521 +89.180 3738.138 2322.771 23 377739.668 234716.548 +143.677 +89.277 3736.922 2322.016 24 377883.419 234805.871 +143.824 +89.368 3735.714 2321.265 25 378027.314 234895.283 +143.964 +89.455 3734.493 2320.506 26 378171.347 234984.781 +144.100 +89.539 3733.288 2319.758 27 378315.510 235074.359 +144.227 +89.619 3732.079 2319.006 -------- -----------------------------------------------------------
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.94 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2021 June 21 at 06:54:17 AM Monday