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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18431207

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 21.3539

Moon enters umbra (1C) 23.1627

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 0.1120 Magnitude 0.214

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 1.0612

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 2.4700

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

Latitude at PC1 is -40.65

Latitude at 1C is -68.91

Latitude at 4C is -55.02

Latitude at PC2 is -26.48

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18431207

FOR PC1 4.455839, 23.174247,

FOR 1C 4.494197, 23.192319,

FOR 2C 4.514377, 23.200970,

FOR 4C 4.534566, 23.205034,

FOR PC2 4.572982, 23.214966,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18431207

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

-2.2421, -1.2279, 0.7804, 0.6603, 0.2489, -8.5007, 1.2065, 0.00779

-0.4332, -0.4425, 0.7953, 0.6607, 0.2490, -8.1507, 1.2065, 0.00779

0.1120, -0.0147, 0.8030, 0.6609, 0.2491, -7.9602, 1.2065, 0.00779

1.0612, 0.4134, 0.8104, 0.6612, 0.2492, -7.7697, 1.2065, 0.00780

2.4700, 1.2004, 0.8232, 0.6616, 0.2493, -7.4196, 1.2065, 0.00781

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18431207

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 21.3550, WHICH IS 10.92 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 23.1650, WHICH IS 22.09 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 1.0546, WHICH IS 25.05 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 2.4651, WHICH IS 9.76 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 14:38:27 ON 01-08-2007