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
141.6647 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 May 09 Fri Time = 00:16:54 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 = 2460804.67927084 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 141.6647 deg Visual Phase = Waxing gibbous moon Horizon Altitude = +35.879° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in SSW Direction Azimuth = 212.712° = SSW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 04:16 Moonset 05:51 Sunrise 17:36 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon 20:17 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 12h 36m 30.551s = 12.6084863 h = 189.1272945° Declination = -05° 17' 56.64" = -5.299067° Distance = 251592.665 mi = 404899.146 km Angular Diameter = 29' 30.84" = 29.51407' = 1770.84" = 0.4919012° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 54' 09.30" = 0.9025840° = 54.15504' = 3249.30" Local Hour Angle = +01h 43m 18.34s = +1.7217611 h = +25.8264160° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 12h 35m 20.030s = 12.5888971 h = 188.8334565° Declination = -05° 57' 59.50" = -5.966527° Radial Velocity = +62.47 km/h = +38.82 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3496.71 km/h = 2172.76 mi/h MAY 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 May 04 Sun 09:52 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90 2025 May 10 Sat 20:47 Apogee 252428.16 mi = 406243.75 km 2025 May 12 Mon 12:56 Full Moon = Phase 180 2025 May 20 Tue 07:59 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2025 May 25 Sun 21:34 Perigee 223086.10 mi = 359022.27 km 2025 May 26 Mon 23:02 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 May 09 Fri 00:16:54 LT 2460804.51173611 2460805 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 May 09 Fri 04:16:54 UT 2460804.67840278 2460805 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 May 09 Fri 04:18:09 TT 2460804.67927084 2460805 TT JD TT = 2460804.67927084 = 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 27m 06.41s = 19.4517814 h = 291.7767214 deg Local 14h 19m 48.89s = 14.3302474 h = 214.9537103 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 May 09 Fri Time = 00:16:54 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460804.67927084 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 = 12h 36m 30.551s = 12.6084863 h = 189.1272945° Declination = -05° 17' 56.64" = -5.299067° Distance = 251592.665 mi = 404899.146 km Phase Angle = 141.66473° Visual Phase = Waxing gibbous moon Angular Diameter = 29' 30.84" = 29.51407' = 1770.84" = 0.4919012° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 54' 09.30" = 0.9025840° = 54.15504' = 3249.30" Radial Velocity = +62.47 km/h = +38.82 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3496.71 km/h = 2172.76 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 12h 35m 20.030s = 12.5888971 h = 188.8334565° Declination = -05° 57' 59.50" = -5.966527° Horizon Altitude = +35.879° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in SSW Direction Azimuth = 212.712° = SSW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +01h 43m 18.34s = +1.7217611 h = +25.8264160° Light Time = 1.3236 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.6471 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 04:16 Moonset 05:51 Sunrise 17:36 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon 20:17 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 May 09 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 = 2460804.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 12.5126746 -4.532503 404685.824 251460.113 140.1786 -2 12.5418553 -4.766484 404752.595 251501.603 140.6316 -1 12.5710490 -5.000128 404817.815 251542.128 141.0844 00 12.6002568 -5.233421 404881.489 251581.694 141.5372 01 12.6294799 -5.466353 404943.623 251620.302 141.9899 02 12.6587194 -5.698912 405004.223 251657.957 142.4425 03 12.6879765 -5.931084 405063.293 251694.661 142.8950 04 12.7172525 -6.162860 405120.840 251730.419 143.3474 05 12.7465483 -6.394226 405176.870 251765.235 143.7998 06 12.7758651 -6.625169 405231.388 251799.111 144.2521 07 12.8052043 -6.855679 405284.400 251832.051 144.7043 08 12.8345667 -7.085744 405335.912 251864.059 145.1564 09 12.8639535 -7.315349 405385.930 251895.139 145.6085 10 12.8933660 -7.544484 405434.460 251925.294 146.0605 11 12.9228052 -7.773137 405481.508 251954.528 146.5125 12 12.9522721 -8.001294 405527.080 251982.845 146.9644 13 12.9817681 -8.228944 405571.182 252010.249 147.4162 14 13.0112940 -8.456074 405613.821 252036.744 147.8681 15 13.0408510 -8.682671 405655.002 252062.332 148.3198 16 13.0704403 -8.908723 405694.732 252087.019 148.7716 17 13.1000629 -9.134219 405733.017 252110.809 149.2233 18 13.1297197 -9.359143 405769.862 252133.703 149.6750 19 13.1594121 -9.583486 405805.276 252155.708 150.1266 20 13.1891411 -9.807232 405839.263 252176.827 150.5783 21 13.2189075 -10.030371 405871.829 252197.062 151.0299 22 13.2487126 -10.252888 405902.982 252216.420 151.4815 23 13.2785574 -10.474772 405932.728 252234.903 151.9331 24 13.3084429 -10.696008 405961.072 252252.515 152.3846 25 13.3383701 -10.916585 405988.021 252269.261 152.8362 26 13.3683402 -11.136489 406013.582 252285.144 153.2878 27 13.3983540 -11.355706 406037.761 252300.168 153.7394 28 13.4284127 -11.574224 406060.563 252314.336 154.1910 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v3.0 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2023 March 06 at 07:54:25 PM Monday