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
319.8130 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 Sep 18 Thu Time = 05:34:39 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 = 2460936.89993056 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 319.8130 deg Visual Phase = Waning crescent moon Horizon Altitude = +23.286° ABOVE local horizon - Ascending in E Direction Azimuth = 86.002° = E (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 03:12 Moonrise - Waning crescent moon 06:51 Sunrise 17:57 Moonset 19:10 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 09h 15m 36.927s = 9.2602574 h = 138.903861° Declination = +18° 54' 43.54" = +18.912095° Distance = 239644.039 mi = 385669.696 km Angular Diameter = 30' 59.14" = 30.98562' = 1859.14" = 0.5164270° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 56' 51.33" = 0.9475910° = 56.85546' = 3411.33" Local Hour Angle = -04h 56m 45.31s = -4.9459192 h = -74.1887880° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 09h 18m 27.824s = 9.3077290 h = 139.6159350° Declination = +18° 21' 51.20" = +18.364221° Radial Velocity = +145.11 km/h = +90.17 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3674.53 km/h = 2283.25 mi/h SEPTEMBER 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 Sep 07 Sun 14:09 Full Moon = Phase 180 2025 Sep 10 Wed 08:09 Perigee 226662.15 mi = 364777.37 km 2025 Sep 14 Sun 06:33 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2025 Sep 21 Sun 15:54 New Moon = Phase 0/360 2025 Sep 26 Fri 05:46 Apogee 251995.57 mi = 405547.57 km 2025 Sep 29 Mon 19:54 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLES Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 Sep 18 Thu 05:34:39 LT 2460936.73239583 2460937 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 Sep 18 Thu 09:34:39 UT 2460936.89906250 2460937 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Sep 18 Thu 09:35:54 TT 2460936.89993056 2460937 TT JD TT = 2460936.89993056 = 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 09h 26m 09.14s = 9.4358723 h = 141.5380843 deg Local 04h 18m 51.62s = 4.3143382 h = 64.7150732 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Sep 18 Thu Time = 05:34:39 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460936.89993056 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 = 09h 15m 36.927s = 9.2602574 h = 138.903861° Declination = +18° 54' 43.54" = +18.912095° Distance = 239644.039 mi = 385669.696 km Phase Angle = 319.81302° Visual Phase = Waning crescent moon Angular Diameter = 30' 59.14" = 30.98562' = 1859.14" = 0.5164270° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 56' 51.33" = 0.9475910° = 56.85546' = 3411.33" Radial Velocity = +145.11 km/h = +90.17 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3674.53 km/h = 2283.25 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 09h 18m 27.824s = 9.3077290 h = 139.6159350° Declination = +18° 21' 51.20" = +18.364221° Horizon Altitude = +23.286° ABOVE local horizon - Ascending in E Direction Azimuth = 86.002° = E (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = -04h 56m 45.31s = -4.9459192 h = -74.1887880° Light Time = 1.2594 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.5188 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 03:12 Moonrise - Waning crescent moon 06:51 Sunrise 17:57 Moonset 19:10 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 Sep 18 Thu 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 = 2460936.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 8.9501875 +20.603544 384423.197 238869.500 315.4763 -2 8.9867707 +20.412133 384568.688 238959.904 315.9834 -1 9.0232379 +20.219140 384714.139 239050.283 316.4902 00 9.0595898 +20.024592 384859.548 239140.636 316.9965 01 9.0958271 +19.828511 385004.913 239230.962 317.5024 02 9.1319503 +19.630923 385150.232 239321.259 318.0079 03 9.1679600 +19.431854 385295.502 239411.525 318.5130 04 9.2038571 +19.231328 385440.722 239501.761 319.0177 05 9.2396422 +19.029369 385585.888 239591.963 319.5220 06 9.2753160 +18.826002 385730.998 239682.130 320.0258 07 9.3108795 +18.621252 385876.051 239772.262 320.5293 08 9.3463332 +18.415142 386021.043 239862.356 321.0324 09 9.3816781 +18.207698 386165.973 239952.411 321.5350 10 9.4169149 +17.998942 386310.838 240042.426 322.0373 11 9.4520446 +17.788899 386455.636 240132.399 322.5391 12 9.4870679 +17.577594 386600.364 240222.329 323.0405 13 9.5219859 +17.365048 386745.020 240312.214 323.5416 14 9.5567994 +17.151286 386889.602 240402.053 324.0422 15 9.5915093 +16.936332 387034.107 240491.845 324.5424 16 9.6261166 +16.720208 387178.534 240581.587 325.0423 17 9.6606223 +16.502938 387322.878 240671.278 325.5417 18 9.6950272 +16.284546 387467.138 240760.917 326.0407 19 9.7293325 +16.065053 387611.312 240850.503 326.5394 20 9.7635392 +15.844483 387755.396 240940.033 327.0376 21 9.7976481 +15.622858 387899.388 241029.505 327.5355 22 9.8316605 +15.400202 388043.285 241118.919 328.0329 23 9.8655773 +15.176535 388187.085 241208.272 328.5300 24 9.8993996 +14.951881 388330.785 241297.563 329.0267 25 9.9331285 +14.726261 388474.382 241386.790 329.5230 26 9.9667651 +14.499698 388617.873 241475.951 330.0189 27 10.0003104 +14.272214 388761.254 241565.044 330.5144 28 10.0337655 +14.043830 388904.524 241654.068 331.0095 -------- ------------------------------------------------- TIME LT BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE AND LOCATION 03:12 Moonrise - Waning crescent moon 06:51 Sunrise 17:57 Moonset 19:10 Sunset ====================================================================== HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR DISTANCE, RADIAL VELOCITY AND ORBITAL VELOCITY TABLE INCLUDING ANY APOGEE OR PERIGEE EVENT ON DATE. DATE = 2025 Sep 18 Thu 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 384568.688 238959.904 +145.471 +90.391 3682.826 2288.402 -1 384714.139 239050.283 +145.431 +90.367 3681.736 2287.725 00 384859.548 239140.636 +145.387 +90.339 3680.648 2287.048 01 385004.913 239230.962 +145.342 +90.312 3679.531 2286.355 02 385150.232 239321.259 +145.295 +90.282 3678.448 2285.682 03 385295.502 239411.525 +145.246 +90.252 3677.356 2285.003 04 385440.722 239501.761 +145.192 +90.218 3676.254 2284.318 05 385585.888 239591.963 +145.139 +90.185 3675.162 2283.640 06 385730.998 239682.130 +145.082 +90.150 3674.074 2282.964 07 385876.051 239772.262 +145.022 +90.112 3672.967 2282.276 08 386021.043 239862.356 +144.962 +90.075 3671.886 2281.604 09 386165.973 239952.411 +144.898 +90.036 3670.796 2280.927 10 386310.838 240042.426 +144.831 +89.994 3669.696 2280.243 11 386455.636 240132.399 +144.764 +89.952 3668.608 2279.567 12 386600.364 240222.329 +144.692 +89.907 3667.524 2278.893 13 386745.020 240312.214 +144.620 +89.863 3666.418 2278.206 14 386889.602 240402.053 +144.544 +89.815 3665.341 2277.537 15 387034.107 240491.845 +144.466 +89.767 3664.259 2276.865 16 387178.534 240581.587 +144.385 +89.717 3663.147 2276.174 17 387322.878 240671.278 +144.303 +89.666 3662.079 2275.510 18 387467.138 240760.917 +144.217 +89.612 3660.979 2274.827 19 387611.312 240850.503 +144.129 +89.558 3659.884 2274.147 20 387755.396 240940.033 +144.039 +89.501 3658.799 2273.472 21 387899.388 241029.505 +143.945 +89.444 3657.712 2272.797 22 388043.285 241118.919 +143.849 +89.383 3656.608 2272.111 23 388187.085 241208.272 +143.750 +89.322 3655.520 2271.435 24 388330.785 241297.563 +143.649 +89.260 3654.436 2270.761 25 388474.382 241386.790 +143.543 +89.193 3653.328 2270.073 26 388617.873 241475.951 +143.437 +89.128 3652.257 2269.407 27 388761.254 241565.044 +143.327 +89.059 3651.151 2268.720 -------- -----------------------------------------------------------
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.94 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2021 June 21 at 06:54:17 AM Monday