DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator
Spanning the 600-Year Period From 1600 to 2200 on the Modern Gregorian Calendar
PHP Program by Jay Tanner - Based on the NASA/JPL DE405 Ephemeris Model
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
282.5511 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 Jul 18 Fri Time = 19:23:28 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 = 2460875.47549769 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 282.5511 deg Visual Phase = Waning crescent moon Horizon Altitude = -29.849° BELOW local horizon - Descending in N Direction Azimuth = 355.596° = N (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 00:09 Moonrise - Waning crescent moon 05:46 Sunrise 14:35 Moonset 20:41 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 02h 21m 43.411s = 2.3620587 h = 35.4308805° Declination = +18° 12' 58.01" = +18.216113° Distance = 229284.280 mi = 368997.281 km Angular Diameter = 32' 23.14" = 32.38562' = 1943.14" = 0.5397604° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 59' 25.48" = 0.9904100° = 59.42460' = 3565.48" Local Hour Angle = +11h 43m 46.89s = +11.7296916 h = +175.9453740° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 02h 21m 30.555s = 2.3584876 h = 35.3773140° Declination = +17° 21' 41.71" = +17.361586° Radial Velocity = -47.00 km/h = -29.21 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3821.94 km/h = 2374.84 mi/h JULY 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 Jul 02 Wed 15:30 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90 2025 Jul 04 Fri 22:29 Apogee 251423.30 mi = 404626.58 km 2025 Jul 10 Thu 16:37 Full Moon = Phase 180 2025 Jul 17 Thu 20:38 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2025 Jul 20 Sun 09:55 Perigee 228690.30 mi = 368041.36 km 2025 Jul 24 Thu 15:11 New Moon = Phase 0/360
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLE Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 Jul 18 Fri 19:23:28 LT 2460875.30796296 2460875 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 Jul 18 Fri 23:23:28 UT 2460875.47462963 2460875 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Jul 18 Fri 23:24:43 TT 2460875.47549769 2460875 TT JD TT = 2460875.47549769 = 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 19h 12m 47.82s = 19.2132843 h = 288.1992652 deg Local 14h 05m 30.30s = 14.0917503 h = 211.3762541 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Jul 18 Fri Time = 19:23:28 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460875.47549769 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 = 02h 21m 43.411s = 2.3620587 h = 35.4308805° Declination = +18° 12' 58.01" = +18.216113° Distance = 229284.280 mi = 368997.281 km Phase Angle = 282.55110° Visual Phase = Waning crescent moon Angular Diameter = 32' 23.14" = 32.38562' = 1943.14" = 0.5397604° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 59' 25.48" = 0.9904100° = 59.42460' = 3565.48" Radial Velocity = -47.00 km/h = -29.21 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3821.94 km/h = 2374.84 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 02h 21m 30.555s = 2.3584876 h = 35.3773140° Declination = +17° 21' 41.71" = +17.361586° Horizon Altitude = -29.849° BELOW local horizon - Descending in N Direction Azimuth = 355.596° = N (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +11h 43m 46.89s = +11.7296916 h = +175.9453740° Light Time = 1.2038 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.4076 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 00:09 Moonrise - Waning crescent moon 05:46 Sunrise 14:35 Moonset 20:41 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 Jul 18 Fri 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 = 2460874.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 1.5252021 +12.813693 370287.341 230085.887 270.2051 -2 1.5615479 +13.068282 370220.263 230044.206 270.7538 -1 1.5979818 +13.321818 370154.014 230003.041 271.3028 00 1.6345050 +13.574272 370088.601 229962.395 271.8520 01 1.6711189 +13.825618 370024.032 229922.274 272.4015 02 1.7078248 +14.075828 369960.314 229882.681 272.9513 03 1.7446237 +14.324872 369897.457 229843.624 273.5013 04 1.7815170 +14.572725 369835.467 229805.105 274.0516 05 1.8185059 +14.819357 369774.354 229767.131 274.6021 06 1.8555914 +15.064740 369714.126 229729.707 275.1529 07 1.8927750 +15.308846 369654.792 229692.839 275.7038 08 1.9300575 +15.551646 369596.360 229656.531 276.2551 09 1.9674400 +15.793111 369538.839 229620.789 276.8066 10 2.0049238 +16.033213 369482.238 229585.619 277.3583 11 2.0425098 +16.271922 369426.565 229551.025 277.9103 12 2.0801990 +16.509210 369371.831 229517.015 278.4625 13 2.1179926 +16.745047 369318.044 229483.593 279.0150 14 2.1558913 +16.979405 369265.214 229450.766 279.5676 15 2.1938962 +17.212254 369213.349 229418.539 280.1205 16 2.2320082 +17.443564 369162.460 229386.918 280.6737 17 2.2702281 +17.673307 369112.556 229355.909 281.2271 18 2.3085568 +17.901451 369063.647 229325.518 281.7806 19 2.3469950 +18.127968 369015.742 229295.752 282.3344 20 2.3855437 +18.352829 368968.851 229266.615 282.8885 21 2.4242032 +18.576001 368922.985 229238.115 283.4427 22 2.4629746 +18.797457 368878.153 229210.258 283.9972 23 2.5018583 +19.017167 368834.365 229183.049 284.5518 24 2.5408551 +19.235098 368791.632 229156.496 285.1067 25 2.5799655 +19.451223 368749.963 229130.604 285.6618 26 2.6191901 +19.665511 368709.369 229105.380 286.2170 27 2.6585291 +19.877931 368669.861 229080.831 286.7725 28 2.6979834 +20.088454 368631.448 229056.962 287.3282 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.95 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2022 August 27 at 12:46:14 AM Saturday