LUNAR ECLIPSE CIRCUMSTANCES - by BYRON W. SOULSBY, THEODORE, ACT.

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18420126

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

PRIME CONTACT TIME (H.MS) in U.T.

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 15.1445

Moon enters umbra (1C) 16.1747

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 17.4419 Magnitude 0.799

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 19.1050

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 20.1353

LUNAR LATITUDES AT PRIME CONTACTS in D.DD, - S, + N

Latitude at PC1 is 14.69

Latitude at 1C is 27.84

Latitude at 4C is 42.32

Latitude at PC2 is 29.44

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18420126

FOR PC1 8.281003, 18.382364,

FOR 1C 8.304992, 18.250911,

FOR 2C 8.342874, 18.064477,

FOR 4C 8.380685, 17.480477,

FOR PC2 8.404532, 17.341911,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18420126

TIME(H.MS), X, Y, F2, SC, C, F1(D.DD) AND LUNAR MOTION(D.DD/MINUTE)

15.1445, -1.5993, -0.0571, 0.7689, 0.2788, 12.2925, 1.3214, 0.00989

16.1747, -1.0126, -0.2712, 0.7690, 0.2789, 12.5045, 1.3214, 0.00990

17.4419, -0.2071, -0.5657, 0.7692, 0.2789, 12.7924, 1.3214, 0.00991

19.1050, 0.5984, -0.8606, 0.7693, 0.2789, 13.0767, 1.3214, 0.00990

20.1353, 1.1852, -1.0757, 0.7694, 0.2790, 13.2815, 1.3214, 0.00984

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18420126

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 15.1446, WHICH IS 1.20 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 16.1755, WHICH IS 7.53 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 19.1041, WHICH IS 9.61 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 20.1351, WHICH IS 2.20 seconds EARLIE

COMPUTED AT 14:33:01 ON 12-01-2007