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
341.9414 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 = 09:05:09 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 = 2460792.04611112 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 341.9414 deg Visual Phase = Waning crescent, approaching new moon Horizon Altitude = +39.598° ABOVE local horizon - Ascending in ESE Direction Azimuth = 120.291° = ESE (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 05:16 Moonrise - Waning crescent, approaching new moon 06:07 Sunrise 18:57 Moonset 20:03 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 01h 05m 16.733s = 1.0879813 h = 16.3197195° Declination = +09° 00' 46.12" = +9.012811° Distance = 222682.886 mi = 358373.367 km Angular Diameter = 33' 20.74" = 33.34567' = 2000.74" = 0.5557612° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 01° 01' 11.18" = 1.0197730° = 61.18638' = 3671.18" Local Hour Angle = +21h 12m 58.70s = +21.2163048 h = +318.2445720° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 01h 07m 19.451s = 1.1220697 h = 16.8310455° Declination = +08° 24' 51.05" = +8.414182° Radial Velocity = -90.97 km/h = -56.52 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3952.53 km/h = 2455.99 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 TABLES Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 Apr 26 Sat 09:05:09 LT 2460791.87857639 2460792 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 Apr 26 Sat 13:05:09 UT 2460792.04524306 2460792 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Apr 26 Sat 13:06:24 TT 2460792.04611112 2460792 TT JD TT = 2460792.04611112 = 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 03h 25m 32.95s = 3.4258202 h = 51.3873030 deg Local 22h 18m 15.43s = 22.3042861 h = 334.5642919 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Apr 26 Sat Time = 09:05:09 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460792.04611112 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 = 01h 05m 16.733s = 1.0879813 h = 16.3197195° Declination = +09° 00' 46.12" = +9.012811° Distance = 222682.886 mi = 358373.367 km Phase Angle = 341.94137° Visual Phase = Waning crescent, approaching new moon Angular Diameter = 33' 20.74" = 33.34567' = 2000.74" = 0.5557612° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 01° 01' 11.18" = 1.0197730° = 61.18638' = 3671.18" Radial Velocity = -90.97 km/h = -56.52 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3952.53 km/h = 2455.99 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 01h 07m 19.451s = 1.1220697 h = 16.8310455° Declination = +08° 24' 51.05" = +8.414182° Horizon Altitude = +39.598° ABOVE local horizon - Ascending in ESE Direction Azimuth = 120.291° = ESE (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +21h 12m 58.70s = +21.2163048 h = +318.2445720° Light Time = 1.1684 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.3367 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 05:16 Moonrise - Waning crescent, approaching new moon 06:07 Sunrise 18:57 Moonset 20:03 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 -------- ------------------------------------------------- TIME LT BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE AND LOCATION 05:16 Moonrise - Waning crescent, approaching new moon 06:07 Sunrise 18:57 Moonset 20:03 Sunset ====================================================================== HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR DISTANCE, RADIAL VELOCITY AND ORBITAL VELOCITY TABLE INCLUDING ANY APOGEE OR PERIGEE EVENT ON DATE. DATE = 2025 Apr 26 Sat 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 359571.405 223427.313 -124.711 -77.492 3938.268 2447.126 -1 359448.154 223350.728 -121.785 -75.673 3939.736 2448.039 00 359327.842 223275.970 -118.833 -73.840 3941.168 2448.928 01 359210.494 223203.053 -115.857 -71.990 3942.552 2449.788 02 359096.134 223131.993 -112.857 -70.126 3943.919 2450.637 03 358984.786 223062.804 -109.834 -68.248 3945.243 2451.460 04 358876.472 222995.501 -106.788 -66.355 3946.519 2452.253 05 358771.215 222930.098 -103.720 -64.448 3947.788 2453.042 06 358669.038 222866.608 -100.630 -62.529 3949.000 2453.795 07 358569.960 222805.044 -97.520 -60.596 3950.178 2454.527 08 358474.003 222745.419 -94.389 -58.651 3951.334 2455.245 09 358381.187 222687.745 -91.238 -56.692 3952.441 2455.933 10 358291.531 222632.036 -88.069 -54.724 3953.512 2456.598 11 358205.055 222578.302 -84.879 -52.741 3954.553 2457.245 12 358121.777 222526.556 -81.673 -50.750 3955.548 2457.864 13 358041.714 222476.807 -78.448 -48.745 3956.499 2458.455 14 357964.884 222429.067 -75.208 -46.732 3957.442 2459.041 15 357891.302 222383.345 -71.951 -44.708 3958.318 2459.585 16 357820.986 222339.653 -68.678 -42.675 3959.161 2460.108 17 357753.950 222297.998 -65.391 -40.632 3959.979 2460.617 18 357690.208 222258.391 -62.089 -38.580 3960.755 2461.099 19 357629.774 222220.839 -58.775 -36.521 3961.466 2461.541 20 357572.662 222185.351 -55.446 -34.453 3962.168 2461.977 21 357518.884 222151.935 -52.107 -32.378 3962.826 2462.386 22 357468.452 222120.598 -48.755 -30.295 3963.429 2462.761 23 357421.376 222091.347 -45.393 -28.206 3964.015 2463.125 24 357377.668 222064.188 -42.021 -26.110 3964.541 2463.452 25 357337.338 222039.128 -38.638 -24.009 3965.033 2463.757 26 357300.393 222016.171 -35.248 -21.902 3965.498 2464.046 27 357266.844 221995.325 -31.850 -19.790 3965.909 2464.302 -------- -----------------------------------------------------------
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.94 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2021 June 21 at 06:54:17 AM Monday