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			255.0925 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 16 Wed Time = 17:15:48 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 = 2460873.38684029 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 255.0925 deg Visual Phase = Waning gibbous moon, approaching last quarter Horizon Altitude = -41.627° BELOW local horizon - Descending in NNW Direction Azimuth = 345.715° = NNW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 05:45 Sunrise 12:03 Moonset 20:42 Sunset 23:45 Moonrise - Waning gibbous moon, approaching last quarter ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 00h 32m 48.060s = 0.5466832 h = 8.200248° Declination = +05° 26' 13.25" = +5.437015° Distance = 231430.354 mi = 372451.051 km Angular Diameter = 32' 05.12" = 32.08531' = 1925.12" = 0.5347552° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 58' 52.41" = 0.9812250° = 58.87350' = 3532.41" Local Hour Angle = +11h 16m 48.16s = +11.2800453 h = +169.2006790° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 00h 32m 15.825s = 0.5377293 h = 8.0659395° Declination = +04° 43' 09.03" = +4.719176° Radial Velocity = -87.78 km/h = -54.54 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3787.83 km/h = 2353.65 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 16 Wed 17:15:48 LT 2460873.21930556 2460873 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 Jul 16 Wed 21:15:48 UT 2460873.38597223 2460873 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Jul 16 Wed 21:17:03 TT 2460873.38684029 2460873 TT JD TT = 2460873.38684029 = 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 16h 56m 53.74s = 16.9482626 h = 254.2239383 deg Local 11h 49m 36.22s = 11.8267285 h = 177.4009272 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Jul 16 Wed Time = 17:15:48 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460873.38684029 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 = 00h 32m 48.060s = 0.5466832 h = 8.200248° Declination = +05° 26' 13.25" = +5.437015° Distance = 231430.354 mi = 372451.051 km Phase Angle = 255.09250° Visual Phase = Waning gibbous moon, approaching last quarter Angular Diameter = 32' 05.12" = 32.08531' = 1925.12" = 0.5347552° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 58' 52.41" = 0.9812250° = 58.87350' = 3532.41" Radial Velocity = -87.78 km/h = -54.54 mi/h = Approaching Earth Orbital Velocity = 3787.83 km/h = 2353.65 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 00h 32m 15.825s = 0.5377293 h = 8.0659395° Declination = +04° 43' 09.03" = +4.719176° Horizon Altitude = -41.627° BELOW local horizon - Descending in NNW Direction Azimuth = 345.715° = NNW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +11h 16m 48.16s = +11.2800453 h = +169.2006790° Light Time = 1.2153 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.4307 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 05:45 Sunrise 12:03 Moonset 20:42 Sunset 23:45 Moonrise - Waning gibbous moon, approaching last quarter ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 Jul 16 Wed 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 = 2460872.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 23.8561051 -0.138817 374360.020 232616.532 244.1882 -2 23.8899342 +0.136488 374259.895 232554.317 244.7236 -1 23.9237801 +0.411916 374160.368 232492.474 245.2593 00 23.9576442 +0.687445 374061.441 232431.004 245.7952 01 23.9915283 +0.963053 373963.117 232369.908 246.3314 02 0.0254337 +1.238717 373865.398 232309.188 246.8680 03 0.0593619 +1.514414 373768.287 232248.846 247.4048 04 0.0933146 +1.790123 373671.786 232188.883 247.9418 05 0.1272932 +2.065821 373575.898 232129.301 248.4792 06 0.1612992 +2.341484 373480.626 232070.102 249.0169 07 0.1953342 +2.617091 373385.973 232011.287 249.5548 08 0.2293998 +2.892618 373291.941 231952.858 250.0931 09 0.2634972 +3.168043 373198.535 231894.819 250.6316 10 0.2976283 +3.443342 373105.757 231837.169 251.1704 11 0.3317946 +3.718493 373013.610 231779.912 251.7095 12 0.3659973 +3.993471 372922.099 231723.049 252.2489 13 0.4002383 +4.268255 372831.225 231666.583 252.7885 14 0.4345190 +4.542821 372740.994 231610.516 253.3285 15 0.4688408 +4.817145 372651.408 231554.850 253.8687 16 0.5032056 +5.091203 372562.472 231499.587 254.4092 17 0.5376146 +5.364973 372474.189 231444.731 254.9500 18 0.5720694 +5.638430 372386.565 231390.284 255.4911 19 0.6065716 +5.911551 372299.601 231336.247 256.0325 20 0.6411228 +6.184311 372213.304 231282.624 256.5741 21 0.6757243 +6.456686 372127.677 231229.418 257.1160 22 0.7103779 +6.728653 372042.725 231176.632 257.6583 23 0.7450850 +7.000186 371958.453 231124.267 258.2008 24 0.7798470 +7.271262 371874.865 231072.328 258.7435 25 0.8146657 +7.541857 371791.966 231020.817 259.2866 26 0.8495424 +7.811945 371709.762 230969.738 259.8299 27 0.8844787 +8.081501 371628.257 230919.093 260.3735 28 0.9194760 +8.350501 371547.456 230868.886 260.9174 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.95 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner Revised: 2022 August 27 at 12:46:14 AM Saturday