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
107.7542 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 05 Mon Time = 22:37:47 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 = 2460801.61043982 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 107.7542 deg Visual Phase = Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter Horizon Altitude = +48.717° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in SW Direction Azimuth = 230.423° = SW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 03:02 Moonset 05:55 Sunrise 13:25 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter 20:13 Sunset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 10h 24m 57.829s = 10.4160635 h = 156.2409525° Declination = +12° 02' 59.82" = +12.049951° Distance = 245993.948 mi = 395888.884 km Angular Diameter = 30' 11.15" = 30.18579' = 1811.15" = 0.5030965° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 55' 23.26" = 0.9231280° = 55.38768' = 3323.26" Local Hour Angle = +02h 03m 38.13s = +2.0605919 h = +30.9088780° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 10h 23m 31.247s = 10.3920130 h = 155.8801950° Declination = +11° 33' 24.06" = +11.556683° Radial Velocity = +182.81 km/h = +113.59 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3560.66 km/h = 2212.49 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 TABLES Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 May 05 Mon 22:37:47 LT 2460801.44290509 2460801 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 May 06 Tue 02:37:47 UT 2460801.60957176 2460802 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 May 06 Tue 02:39:02 TT 2460801.61043982 2460802 TT JD TT = 2460801.61043982 = 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 17h 35m 53.48s = 17.5981894 h = 263.9728417 deg Local 12h 28m 35.96s = 12.4766554 h = 187.1498306 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 May 05 Mon Time = 22:37:47 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460801.61043982 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 = 10h 24m 57.829s = 10.4160635 h = 156.2409525° Declination = +12° 02' 59.82" = +12.049951° Distance = 245993.948 mi = 395888.884 km Phase Angle = 107.75416° Visual Phase = Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter Angular Diameter = 30' 11.15" = 30.18579' = 1811.15" = 0.5030965° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 55' 23.26" = 0.9231280° = 55.38768' = 3323.26" Radial Velocity = +182.81 km/h = +113.59 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3560.66 km/h = 2212.49 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 10h 23m 31.247s = 10.3920130 h = 155.8801950° Declination = +11° 33' 24.06" = +11.556683° Horizon Altitude = +48.717° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in SW Direction Azimuth = 230.423° = SW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +02h 03m 38.13s = +2.0605919 h = +30.9088780° Light Time = 1.2935 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.5870 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 03:02 Moonset 05:55 Sunrise 13:25 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter 20:13 Sunset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 May 05 Mon 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 = 2460800.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 9.5783174 +17.610321 390714.956 242779.018 95.4633 -2 9.6122791 +17.404483 390933.997 242915.124 95.9499 -1 9.6461270 +17.197584 391151.749 243050.429 96.4359 00 9.6798623 +16.989646 391368.194 243184.921 96.9212 01 9.7134862 +16.780690 391583.320 243318.594 97.4060 02 9.7470001 +16.570735 391797.112 243451.439 97.8902 03 9.7804052 +16.359805 392009.555 243583.445 98.3737 04 9.8137029 +16.147917 392220.636 243714.604 98.8567 05 9.8468944 +15.935094 392430.342 243844.909 99.3391 06 9.8799810 +15.721355 392638.659 243974.352 99.8209 07 9.9129642 +15.506719 392845.576 244102.924 100.3022 08 9.9458451 +15.291206 393051.078 244230.617 100.7828 09 9.9786252 +15.074837 393255.154 244357.424 101.2630 10 10.0113058 +14.857629 393457.793 244483.338 101.7425 11 10.0438883 +14.639602 393658.983 244608.352 102.2216 12 10.0763740 +14.420775 393858.712 244732.457 102.7000 13 10.1087643 +14.201166 394056.971 244855.650 103.1780 14 10.1410605 +13.980794 394253.747 244977.921 103.6554 15 10.1732640 +13.759677 394449.032 245099.265 104.1323 16 10.2053763 +13.537832 394642.814 245219.676 104.6087 17 10.2373987 +13.315278 394835.086 245339.148 105.0845 18 10.2693324 +13.092033 395025.836 245457.675 105.5599 19 10.3011791 +12.868113 395215.057 245575.251 106.0347 20 10.3329401 +12.643535 395402.738 245691.871 106.5091 21 10.3646166 +12.418319 395588.873 245807.530 106.9829 22 10.3962102 +12.192479 395773.452 245922.222 107.4563 23 10.4277223 +11.966033 395956.469 246035.943 107.9292 24 10.4591541 +11.738998 396137.914 246148.688 108.4016 25 10.4905073 +11.511389 396317.782 246260.453 108.8736 26 10.5217830 +11.283223 396496.065 246371.233 109.3451 27 10.5529827 +11.054516 396672.756 246481.023 109.8161 28 10.5841079 +10.825284 396847.849 246589.821 110.2867 -------- ------------------------------------------------- TIME LT BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE AND LOCATION 03:02 Moonset 05:55 Sunrise 13:25 Moonrise - Waxing gibbous moon, just past first quarter 20:13 Sunset ====================================================================== HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR DISTANCE, RADIAL VELOCITY AND ORBITAL VELOCITY TABLE INCLUDING ANY APOGEE OR PERIGEE EVENT ON DATE. DATE = 2025 May 05 Mon 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 390933.997 242915.124 +218.398 +135.706 3604.711 2239.863 -1 391151.749 243050.429 +217.100 +134.900 3602.701 2238.615 00 391368.194 243184.921 +215.788 +134.084 3600.711 2237.378 01 391583.320 243318.594 +214.460 +133.259 3598.724 2236.144 02 391797.112 243451.439 +213.120 +132.427 3596.776 2234.933 03 392009.555 243583.445 +211.764 +131.584 3594.829 2233.723 04 392220.636 243714.604 +210.395 +130.733 3592.906 2232.528 05 392430.342 243844.909 +209.013 +129.875 3591.007 2231.348 06 392638.659 243974.352 +207.619 +129.008 3589.134 2230.184 07 392845.576 244102.924 +206.210 +128.133 3587.252 2229.015 08 393051.078 244230.617 +204.791 +127.252 3585.421 2227.877 09 393255.154 244357.424 +203.359 +126.361 3583.591 2226.740 10 393457.793 244483.338 +201.916 +125.465 3581.776 2225.612 11 393658.983 244608.352 +200.461 +124.561 3580.005 2224.512 12 393858.712 244732.457 +198.995 +123.649 3578.232 2223.410 13 394056.971 244855.650 +197.519 +122.733 3576.474 2222.318 14 394253.747 244977.921 +196.032 +121.809 3574.765 2221.256 15 394449.032 245099.265 +194.535 +120.878 3573.043 2220.186 16 394642.814 245219.676 +193.027 +119.941 3571.354 2219.136 17 394835.086 245339.148 +191.513 +119.001 3569.688 2218.101 18 395025.836 245457.675 +189.986 +118.052 3568.041 2217.078 19 395215.057 245575.251 +188.452 +117.099 3566.408 2216.063 20 395402.738 245691.871 +186.910 +116.140 3564.801 2215.065 21 395588.873 245807.530 +185.358 +115.176 3563.206 2214.073 22 395773.452 245922.222 +183.798 +114.207 3561.633 2213.096 23 395956.469 246035.943 +182.232 +113.234 3560.088 2212.136 24 396137.914 246148.688 +180.658 +112.255 3558.562 2211.188 25 396317.782 246260.453 +179.076 +111.273 3557.039 2210.241 26 396496.065 246371.233 +177.488 +110.286 3555.557 2209.321 27 396672.756 246481.023 +175.893 +109.295 3554.079 2208.403 -------- -----------------------------------------------------------
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.94 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2021 June 21 at 06:54:17 AM Monday