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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18490309

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 22.1110

Moon enters umbra (1C) 23.2458

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 0.5540 Magnitude 0.747

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 2.2621

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 3.4009

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

Latitude at PC1 is -15.56

Latitude at 1C is -29.83

Latitude at 4C is -43.22

Latitude at PC2 is -28.92

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18490309

FOR PC1 11.121131, 5.355247,

FOR 1C 11.144636, 5.233426,

FOR 2C 11.175652, 5.082487,

FOR 4C 11.210629, 4.531312,

FOR PC2 11.234045, 4.404945,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18490309

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

-1.4850, -1.1581, 0.9549, 0.6954, 0.2586, 23.9042, 1.2417, 0.00844

-0.3502, -0.5624, 0.7691, 0.6949, 0.2584, 23.9696, 1.2417, 0.00844

0.5540, 0.1687, 0.5409, 0.6943, 0.2583, 24.0481, 1.2417, 0.00843

2.2621, 0.8987, 0.3128, 0.6937, 0.2581, 24.1246, 1.2417, 0.00841

3.4009, 1.4920, 0.1272, 0.6932, 0.2580, 24.1854, 1.2417, 0.00844

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18490309

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 22.1115, WHICH IS 4.42 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 23.2507, WHICH IS 8.93 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 2.2611, WHICH IS 9.41 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 3.4006, WHICH IS 3.05 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 15:05:59 ON 01-08-2007