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			333.0421 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 16 Fri Time = 05:28:19 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 = 2461056.93719908 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 333.0421 deg Visual Phase = Waning crescent, approaching new moon Horizon Altitude = -8.347° BELOW local horizon - Ascending in ESE Direction Azimuth = 121.948° = ESE (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 06:21 Moonrise - Waning crescent, approaching new moon 07:33 Sunrise 14:41 Moonset 17:01 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 17h 57m 00.357s = 17.9500992 h = 269.251488° Declination = -28° 16' 18.71" = -28.271864° Distance = 249928.947 mi = 402221.651 km Angular Diameter = 29' 42.63" = 29.71054' = 1782.63" = 0.4951756° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 54' 30.93" = 0.9085930° = 54.51558' = 3270.93" Local Hour Angle = -04h 51m 13.12s = -4.8536459 h = -72.8046890° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 17h 59m 55.190s = 17.9986639 h = 269.9799585° Declination = -28° 54' 06.76" = -28.901879° Radial Velocity = -95.38 km/h = -59.27 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3528.69 km/h = 2192.62 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 16 Fri 05:28:19 LT 2461056.72799769 2461057 LT -05:00:00 TZ -0.20833333 2026 Jan 16 Fri 10:28:19 UT 2461056.93633102 2461057 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2026 Jan 16 Fri 10:29:34 TT 2461056.93719908 2461057 TT JD TT = 2461056.93719908 = 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 18h 13m 04.75s = 18.2179874 h = 273.2698105 deg Local 13h 05m 47.23s = 13.0964533 h = 196.4467994 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2026 Jan 16 Fri Time = 05:28:19 LT Time Zone = UT-05:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2461056.93719908 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 = 17h 57m 00.357s = 17.9500992 h = 269.251488° Declination = -28° 16' 18.71" = -28.271864° Distance = 249928.947 mi = 402221.651 km Phase Angle = 333.04212° Visual Phase = Waning crescent, approaching new moon Angular Diameter = 29' 42.63" = 29.71054' = 1782.63" = 0.4951756° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 54' 30.93" = 0.9085930° = 54.51558' = 3270.93" Radial Velocity = -95.38 km/h = -59.27 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3528.69 km/h = 2192.62 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 17h 59m 55.190s = 17.9986639 h = 269.9799585° Declination = -28° 54' 06.76" = -28.901879° Horizon Altitude = -8.347° BELOW local horizon - Ascending in ESE Direction Azimuth = 121.948° = ESE (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = -04h 51m 13.12s = -4.8536459 h = -72.8046890° Light Time = 1.3146 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.6293 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 06:21 Moonrise - Waning crescent, approaching new moon 07:33 Sunrise 14:41 Moonset 17:01 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2026 Jan 16 Fri 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 = 2461056.70920139 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 17.6285470 -28.291659 402988.985 250405.746 329.1404 -2 17.6664273 -28.298155 402902.799 250352.193 329.6001 -1 17.7043307 -28.302294 402815.406 250297.889 330.0599 00 17.7422558 -28.304074 402726.820 250242.844 330.5201 01 17.7802013 -28.303490 402637.057 250187.068 330.9804 02 17.8181653 -28.300538 402546.132 250130.570 331.4410 03 17.8561468 -28.295215 402454.062 250073.360 331.9019 04 17.8941440 -28.287518 402360.861 250015.448 332.3630 05 17.9321554 -28.277445 402266.546 249956.843 332.8243 06 17.9701796 -28.264992 402171.131 249897.555 333.2859 07 18.0082151 -28.250158 402074.632 249837.593 333.7478 08 18.0462602 -28.232940 401977.064 249776.968 334.2099 09 18.0843136 -28.213337 401878.444 249715.688 334.6723 10 18.1223737 -28.191349 401778.786 249653.763 335.1349 11 18.1604388 -28.166973 401678.107 249591.204 335.5978 12 18.1985076 -28.140209 401576.421 249528.019 336.0610 13 18.2365785 -28.111057 401473.743 249464.218 336.5244 14 18.2746499 -28.079516 401370.090 249399.811 336.9881 15 18.3127205 -28.045587 401265.476 249334.807 337.4521 16 18.3507886 -28.009271 401159.917 249269.216 337.9163 17 18.3888526 -27.970568 401053.428 249203.047 338.3808 18 18.4269112 -27.929480 400946.024 249136.309 338.8456 19 18.4649629 -27.886007 400837.720 249069.012 339.3107 20 18.5030061 -27.840152 400728.532 249001.166 339.7760 21 18.5410394 -27.791917 400618.475 248932.779 340.2416 22 18.5790613 -27.741304 400507.562 248863.861 340.7075 23 18.6170702 -27.688316 400395.811 248794.422 341.1737 24 18.6550649 -27.632956 400283.234 248724.470 341.6402 25 18.6930439 -27.575227 400169.847 248654.015 342.1069 26 18.7310055 -27.515133 400055.666 248583.066 342.5740 27 18.7689487 -27.452677 399940.703 248511.631 343.0413 28 18.8068719 -27.387865 399824.975 248439.721 343.5089 -------- ------------------------------------------------- TIME LT BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE AND LOCATION 06:21 Moonrise - Waning crescent, approaching new moon 07:33 Sunrise 14:41 Moonset 17:01 Sunset ====================================================================== HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR DISTANCE, RADIAL VELOCITY AND ORBITAL VELOCITY TABLE INCLUDING ANY APOGEE OR PERIGEE EVENT ON DATE. DATE = 2026 Jan 16 Fri 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 402902.799 250352.193 -86.791 -53.930 3520.457 2187.511 -1 402815.406 250297.889 -87.992 -54.675 3521.529 2188.177 00 402726.820 250242.844 -89.176 -55.412 3522.607 2188.846 01 402637.057 250187.068 -90.346 -56.138 3523.700 2189.526 02 402546.132 250130.570 -91.500 -56.856 3524.809 2190.215 03 402454.062 250073.360 -92.637 -57.562 3525.916 2190.903 04 402360.861 250015.448 -93.760 -58.259 3527.031 2191.595 05 402266.546 249956.843 -94.868 -58.949 3528.154 2192.293 06 402171.131 249897.555 -95.958 -59.625 3529.285 2192.996 07 402074.632 249837.593 -97.035 -60.295 3530.424 2193.704 08 401977.064 249776.968 -98.096 -60.954 3531.572 2194.417 09 401878.444 249715.688 -99.141 -61.603 3532.710 2195.124 10 401778.786 249653.763 -100.171 -62.244 3533.884 2195.854 11 401678.107 249591.204 -101.184 -62.872 3535.038 2196.571 12 401576.421 249528.019 -102.184 -63.495 3536.201 2197.293 13 401473.743 249464.218 -103.167 -64.105 3537.380 2198.026 14 401370.090 249399.811 -104.136 -64.707 3538.557 2198.757 15 401265.476 249334.807 -105.088 -65.298 3539.731 2199.487 16 401159.917 249269.216 -106.026 -65.882 3540.930 2200.232 17 401053.428 249203.047 -106.949 -66.455 3542.115 2200.968 18 400946.024 249136.309 -107.855 -67.018 3543.315 2201.714 19 400837.720 249069.012 -108.748 -67.573 3544.518 2202.461 20 400728.532 249001.166 -109.625 -68.118 3545.733 2203.216 21 400618.475 248932.779 -110.487 -68.653 3546.932 2203.961 22 400507.562 248863.861 -111.334 -69.180 3548.149 2204.718 23 400395.811 248794.422 -112.166 -69.697 3549.375 2205.479 24 400283.234 248724.470 -112.983 -70.204 3550.581 2206.229 25 400169.847 248654.015 -113.786 -70.703 3551.812 2206.994 26 400055.666 248583.066 -114.574 -71.193 3553.047 2207.761 27 399940.703 248511.631 -115.347 -71.674 3554.258 2208.514 -------- -----------------------------------------------------------
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.94 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner Revised: 2021 June 21 at 06:54:17 AM Monday