20,000-Year Lunar Phase Calculator
BC 9999 to AD 9999
PHP Program by Jay Tanner - 2026 - Built Around The NASA/JPL Horizons API
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Phase Angle: 30.8267°
Waxing evening crescent, just past new moon.
Distance: 375,692.6 km = 233,444.6 mi
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====================================================== TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR PHASE CALCULATOR FOR ANY GIVEN DATE, TIME AND LOCATION Calendar Date/Time AD 2026-Feb-19 20:02:44 Time Scale: UT Time Zone UT-05:00 (Ignored if TT Scale) Standard Time Location Name Central New York State, USA Longitude = -76.862737° Latitude = +42.904788° Altitude = +150 m Reference Frame ICRF International Celestial Reference Frame Mean refraction is applied to rise/set computations. ###################################################### MOON RISE / TRANSIT / SET TIMES Standard Time Local Date and Time Azim Dir Event Elev -------------------- -------- --- ------- ------ AD 2026-Feb-19 07:56 90.58° E Rise AD 2026-Feb-19 14:05 On Merid | Transit 48.05° AD 2026-Feb-19 20:27 274.28° W Set ###################################################### MOON TOPOCENTRIC EPHEMERIS STATISTICS Calendar Date AD 2026-Feb-19 Local Time 20:02:44 Standard Time Local Time Zone UT-05:00 NOTE: Time Zone is ignored if using the TT time Scale Julian Date 2461091.543564815 UT Right Ascension 00h 05m 37.785s 0.093829214266667 h 1° 24' 26.778" 1.407438214° Declination +2° 41' 43.891" +2.695525204° Distance 375,692.6 km 233,444.6 mi 0.00251134996807 AU Angular Diameter 0° 31' 47.760" 1907.760" 0.5299333333° Visual Magnitude -6.947 Horizon Azimuth 270.21° Direction: W Horizon Elevation +3.74° Above Local Horizon Lunar Phase Angle 30.8267° Waxing evening crescent, just past new moon. Where: 0° = New Moon 45 = Waxing Crescent 90 = First Quarter 135 = Waxing Gibbous 180 = Full Moon 225 = Waning Gibbous 270 = Last Quarter 315 = Waning Crescent 360 = New Moon ###################################################### Local Hour Angle +05h 49m 36.328s +5.826757743 h +87° 24' 04.918" +87.401366145° Loc Sidereal Time 05h 55m 14.113s 5.9205869570 h 88° 48' 31.696" 88.808804355° Radial Velocity +0.2936197 km/s +1057.03092 km/h +0.1824468 mi/s +656.808563 mi/h Receding From Observer Delta T (TDB−UT) +69.185201 sec +0d 00h 01m 09.185201s ######################################################