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
107.5622 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 = 2026 Mar 26 Thu Time = 23:48:06 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 = 2461126.65927084 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 107.5622 deg Visual Phase = Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter Horizon Altitude = +46.021° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in W Direction Azimuth = 261.807° = W (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 03:39 Moonset 06:58 Sunrise 12:20 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter 19:27 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 07h 46m 35.507s = 7.7765297 h = 116.6479455° Declination = +24° 55' 21.89" = +24.922748° Distance = 232808.231 mi = 374668.529 km Angular Diameter = 31' 53.73" = 31.89542' = 1913.73" = 0.5315903° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 58' 31.50" = 0.9754170° = 58.52502' = 3511.50" Local Hour Angle = +03h 13m 51.86s = +3.2310719 h = +48.4660790° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 07h 44m 11.920s = 7.7366445 h = 116.0496675° Declination = +24° 31' 14.84" = +24.520790° Radial Velocity = +112.99 km/h = +70.21 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3765.67 km/h = 2339.88 mi/h MARCH 2026 - 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 --------------------- ----------------------------------- 2026 Mar 03 Tue 07:38 Full Moon = Phase 180 2026 Mar 10 Tue 09:43 Apogee 251272.85 mi = 404384.45 km 2026 Mar 11 Wed 05:38 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2026 Mar 18 Wed 21:23 New Moon = Phase 0/360 2026 Mar 22 Sun 07:40 Perigee 227954.48 mi = 366857.17 km 2026 Mar 25 Wed 15:18 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 --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2026 Mar 26 Thu 23:48:06 LT 2461126.49173611 2461126 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2026 Mar 27 Fri 03:48:06 UT 2461126.65840278 2461127 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2026 Mar 27 Fri 03:49:21 TT 2461126.65927084 2461127 TT JD TT = 2461126.65927084 = 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 07m 44.89s = 16.1291357 h = 241.9370356 deg Local 11h 00m 27.37s = 11.0076016 h = 165.1140245 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2026 Mar 26 Thu Time = 23:48:06 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2461126.65927084 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 = 07h 46m 35.507s = 7.7765297 h = 116.6479455° Declination = +24° 55' 21.89" = +24.922748° Distance = 232808.231 mi = 374668.529 km Phase Angle = 107.56217° Visual Phase = Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter Angular Diameter = 31' 53.73" = 31.89542' = 1913.73" = 0.5315903° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 58' 31.50" = 0.9754170° = 58.52502' = 3511.50" Radial Velocity = +112.99 km/h = +70.21 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3765.67 km/h = 2339.88 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 07h 44m 11.920s = 7.7366445 h = 116.0496675° Declination = +24° 31' 14.84" = +24.520790° Horizon Altitude = +46.021° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in W Direction Azimuth = 261.807° = W (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +03h 13m 51.86s = +3.2310719 h = +48.4660790° Light Time = 1.2227 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.4455 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 03:39 Moonset 06:58 Sunrise 12:20 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter 19:27 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2026 Mar 26 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 = 2461125.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 6.6382672 +27.699515 371811.382 231032.882 93.1101 -2 6.6819326 +27.632880 371911.024 231094.796 93.6539 -1 6.7255207 +27.563211 372011.274 231157.089 94.1974 00 6.7690291 +27.490525 372112.123 231219.754 94.7406 01 6.8124560 +27.414840 372213.563 231282.785 95.2834 02 6.8557992 +27.336176 372315.583 231346.178 95.8258 03 6.8990566 +27.254551 372418.176 231409.926 96.3679 04 6.9422263 +27.169986 372521.332 231474.024 96.9096 05 6.9853065 +27.082501 372625.044 231538.468 97.4510 06 7.0282950 +26.992116 372729.302 231603.251 97.9920 07 7.0711904 +26.898853 372834.099 231668.369 98.5327 08 7.1139907 +26.802732 372939.427 231733.816 99.0730 09 7.1566942 +26.703776 373045.277 231799.589 99.6129 10 7.1992995 +26.602007 373151.643 231865.681 100.1525 11 7.2418048 +26.497447 373258.516 231932.089 100.6917 12 7.2842086 +26.390120 373365.890 231998.808 101.2305 13 7.3265096 +26.280048 373473.757 232065.834 101.7690 14 7.3687063 +26.167255 373582.110 232133.161 102.3071 15 7.4107973 +26.051766 373690.942 232200.786 102.8449 16 7.4527814 +25.933603 373800.247 232268.705 103.3823 17 7.4946575 +25.812792 373910.019 232336.914 103.9193 18 7.5364241 +25.689358 374020.249 232405.408 104.4559 19 7.5780803 +25.563323 374130.933 232474.184 104.9922 20 7.6196251 +25.434715 374242.065 232543.238 105.5281 21 7.6610572 +25.303559 374353.637 232612.566 106.0637 22 7.7023761 +25.169879 374465.646 232682.165 106.5989 23 7.7435806 +25.033702 374578.084 232752.031 107.1337 24 7.7846699 +24.895054 374690.947 232822.160 107.6681 25 7.8256435 +24.753960 374804.229 232892.551 108.2022 26 7.8665004 +24.610448 374917.925 232963.198 108.7359 27 7.9072400 +24.464543 375032.030 233034.100 109.2693 28 7.9478619 +24.316272 375146.539 233105.252 109.8022 -------- ------------------------------------------------- TIME LT BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE AND LOCATION 03:39 Moonset 06:58 Sunrise 12:20 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter 19:27 Sunset ====================================================================== HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR DISTANCE, RADIAL VELOCITY AND ORBITAL VELOCITY TABLE INCLUDING ANY APOGEE OR PERIGEE EVENT ON DATE. DATE = 2026 Mar 26 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 371911.024 231094.796 +99.947 +62.104 3790.492 2355.303 -1 372011.274 231157.089 +100.551 +62.480 3789.539 2354.711 00 372112.123 231219.754 +101.146 +62.849 3788.574 2354.111 01 372213.563 231282.785 +101.731 +63.213 3787.599 2353.505 02 372315.583 231346.178 +102.308 +63.571 3786.636 2352.907 03 372418.176 231409.926 +102.875 +63.924 3785.681 2352.313 04 372521.332 231474.024 +103.435 +64.271 3784.705 2351.707 05 372625.044 231538.468 +103.986 +64.614 3783.743 2351.109 06 372729.302 231603.251 +104.529 +64.951 3782.777 2350.509 07 372834.099 231668.369 +105.063 +65.283 3781.808 2349.906 08 372939.427 231733.816 +105.590 +65.611 3780.851 2349.312 09 373045.277 231799.589 +106.109 +65.933 3779.880 2348.708 10 373151.643 231865.681 +106.620 +66.251 3778.912 2348.107 11 373258.516 231932.089 +107.125 +66.564 3777.954 2347.512 12 373365.890 231998.808 +107.621 +66.873 3776.990 2346.913 13 373473.757 232065.834 +108.111 +67.177 3776.019 2346.309 14 373582.110 232133.161 +108.594 +67.477 3775.072 2345.721 15 373690.942 232200.786 +109.069 +67.772 3774.109 2345.123 16 373800.247 232268.705 +109.539 +68.065 3773.134 2344.517 17 373910.019 232336.914 +110.002 +68.352 3772.189 2343.929 18 374020.249 232405.408 +110.458 +68.635 3771.226 2343.331 19 374130.933 232474.184 +110.908 +68.915 3770.264 2342.734 20 374242.065 232543.238 +111.353 +69.192 3769.306 2342.138 21 374353.637 232612.566 +111.792 +69.464 3768.343 2341.540 22 374465.646 232682.165 +112.224 +69.733 3767.384 2340.944 23 374578.084 232752.031 +112.651 +69.998 3766.438 2340.356 24 374690.947 232822.160 +113.073 +70.260 3765.482 2339.762 25 374804.229 232892.551 +113.490 +70.520 3764.514 2339.161 26 374917.925 232963.198 +113.901 +70.774 3763.572 2338.575 27 375032.030 233034.100 +114.307 +71.028 3762.625 2337.987 -------- -----------------------------------------------------------
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.94 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2021 June 21 at 06:54:17 AM Monday