Asteroid Ceres Ephemeris Calculator
Based the U.S. Naval Observatory AE98 Model
PHP Program By Jay Tanner
Date: (1800 to 2099) Y m d
Local Time (00h to 24h) H:M:S
Local Time Zone Offset ±H:M
Undefined1
Std. Time = UT
Apply ΔT
+00:00:00
Daylight / Summer Time
Undefined3
Longitude ±Deg.d M S
(Neg=W)
Latitude ±Deg.d M S
(Neg=S)
Sea Level Elevation
(± meters)
This program uses a cookie to store and remember the interface settings between calls.
Asteroid Ceres Ephemeris Statistics Referred to True Ecliptic and Equinox of the Date Based On the U.S.N.O. Asteroid Ephemeris, 1998 Local Date = 2025 Sep 16 - Tue Local Time = 04:07:01 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460934.67153935 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Ceres Right Ascension = 01h 17m 59.62s = 1.2998934h = 19.4984010° Declination = -08° 43' 12.53" = -8.720146° True Distance = 2.001920328 AU = 299.483018 Mkm = 186.090120 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +7.8 Horizontal Parallax = 4.393" = 0.073214' = 0.001220238° Light/Signal Time = 16m 38.968s ================================================================================ Local Topocentric Coordinates of Asteroid Ceres For Geographic Location: Longitude = -76.833611111° = -05h 07m 20.1s (W=Negative) Latitude = +42.752194444° Elevation = 0 m Topocentric RA = 01h 17m 59.75s = 1.2999317h = 19.4989750° Topocentric Decl = -08° 43' 15.84" = -8.721066° Local Hour Angle = +21h 23m 09.18s = 320.78823887042° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 22h 41m 08.931s = 22.685814255h = 340.287213832° Azimuth = 135.28935° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 315.28935° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = SE Altitude = +27.35090° (Above Local Horizon - No refractions applied) ================================================================================ Asteroid Ceres ephemeris table for each day of Sep. 2014 at 12:00 TT. Computed according to USNO AE98 ephemeris model - No Delta T applied. There are three extra (xx) days at each end of the table. JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day 2460917 1.3447477 -07.128055 2.121441059 +8.1 xx 2460918 1.3394034 -07.212558 2.112879753 +8.1 xx 2460919 1.3336853 -07.298141 2.104515767 +8.1 xx 2460920 1.3275963 -07.384732 2.096352831 +8.1 1 2460921 1.3211395 -07.472257 2.088394598 +8.1 2 2460922 1.3143182 -07.560641 2.080644645 +8.0 3 2460923 1.3071359 -07.649807 2.073106469 +8.0 4 2460924 1.2995967 -07.739678 2.065783498 +8.0 5 2460925 1.2917049 -07.830175 2.058679096 +8.0 6 2460926 1.2834652 -07.921217 2.051796588 +8.0 7 2460927 1.2748829 -08.012721 2.045139282 +7.9 8 2460928 1.2659637 -08.104598 2.038710502 +7.9 9 2460929 1.2567141 -08.196758 2.032513607 +7.9 10 2460930 1.2471405 -08.289106 2.026552000 +7.9 11 2460931 1.2372497 -08.381547 2.020829121 +7.9 12 2460932 1.2270487 -08.473983 2.015348426 +7.8 13 2460933 1.2165447 -08.566315 2.010113351 +7.8 14 2460934 1.2057455 -08.658444 2.005127275 +7.8 15 2460935 1.1946595 -08.750266 2.000393486 +7.8 16 2460936 1.1832959 -08.841675 1.995915144 +7.8 17 2460937 1.1716645 -08.932563 1.991695256 +7.8 18 2460938 1.1597762 -09.022820 1.987736651 +7.7 19 2460939 1.1476424 -09.112331 1.984041965 +7.7 20 2460940 1.1352751 -09.200982 1.980613624 +7.7 21 2460941 1.1226870 -09.288657 1.977453843 +7.7 22 2460942 1.1098912 -09.375242 1.974564615 +7.7 23 2460943 1.0969010 -09.460622 1.971947717 +7.7 24 2460944 1.0837300 -09.544688 1.969604711 +7.6 25 2460945 1.0703921 -09.627328 1.967536948 +7.6 26 2460946 1.0569012 -09.708436 1.965745573 +7.6 27 2460947 1.0432714 -09.787909 1.964231526 +7.6 28 2460948 1.0295169 -09.865646 1.962995548 +7.6 29 2460949 1.0156521 -09.941550 1.962038182 +7.6 30 2460950 1.0016913 -10.015527 1.961359774 +7.6 xx 2460951 0.9876491 -10.087486 1.960960482 +7.6 xx 2460952 0.9735399 -10.157342 1.960840282 +7.6 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================