Moon Physical Ephemeris

by Matt Oltersdorf 2003 10 12 0913 UTC
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Enter the UT date and time in the first box below, and then press the 'calculate' button. The program will calculate various parameters for the Moon.

Enter the UT date and time
Date format: The date 12tht Oct. 2003 at 09:13 UTC,  is entered as 20031012.0913
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Enter UT date in yyyymmdd.hhmm format:

Results: Physical Ephemeris of Moon
Selenographic longitudes towards Mare Crisium are taken as positive. All figures here are based on geocentric coordinates, and position angles relate to the North Celestial Pole.

Libration in Latitude (B):
Libration in Longitude (L):
Colongitude of the Sun (Co):
Subsolar point Lat (Bo):
Subsolar point Long (Lo):
Selenographic Longitude of terminator:
Illuminated fraction of Moon's disc:
Position angle of bright limb:
Position angle of polar axis:

Results: Time

Days since J2000.0:
Julian Day Number:

Results: Sun's position

Distance (AU):
Right Ascension:
Declination:

Results: Moon's position

Distance (Earth radii):
Right Ascension:
Declination:

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