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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18470331

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 18.4545

Moon enters umbra (1C) 20.2305

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 21.2654 Magnitude 0.291

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 22.3043

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 0.0803

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

Latitude at PC1 is 39.25

Latitude at 1C is 64.86

Latitude at 4C is 49.52

Latitude at PC2 is 23.86

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18470331

FOR PC1 12.324482, -4.290540,

FOR 1C 12.354984, -4.440203,

FOR 2C 12.375125, -4.534845,

FOR 4C 12.395277, -5.033369,

FOR PC2 12.425832, -5.182398,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18470331

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

18.4545, -1.3972, -0.3523, 0.6508, 0.2462, 25.1279, 1.1952, 0.00761

20.2305, -0.6898, -0.5742, 0.6510, 0.2462, 25.0959, 1.1952, 0.00761

21.2654, -0.2257, -0.7197, 0.6512, 0.2463, 25.0712, 1.1952, 0.00761

22.3043, 0.2386, -0.8651, 0.6513, 0.2463, 25.0435, 1.1952, 0.00762

0.0803, 0.9471, -1.0868, 0.6516, 0.2464, 24.9957, 1.1952, 0.00757

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18470331

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 18.4553, WHICH IS 8.15 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 20.2310, WHICH IS 4.39 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 22.3012, WHICH IS 31.31 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 0.0759, WHICH IS 3.93 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 15:06:21 ON 01-08-2007