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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18490902

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 14.0650

Moon enters umbra (1C) 15.2305

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 16.4830 Magnitude 0.629

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 18.1356

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 19.3010

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

Latitude at PC1 is 34.57

Latitude at 1C is 50.72

Latitude at 4C is 32.00

Latitude at PC2 is 15.68

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18490902

FOR PC1 22.404271, -8.534536,

FOR 1C 22.432249, -8.415091,

FOR 2C 22.462149, -8.282462,

FOR 4C 22.492048, -8.145229,

FOR PC2 22.520025, -8.024225,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18490902

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

14.0650, -1.1165, -0.9838, 0.6919, 0.2566, -6.5897, 1.2324, 0.00833

15.2305, -0.5065, -0.8035, 0.6924, 0.2567, -6.9044, 1.2324, 0.00834

16.4830, 0.1777, -0.6009, 0.6930, 0.2568, -7.2552, 1.2324, 0.00836

18.1356, 0.8628, -0.3978, 0.6935, 0.2570, -7.6043, 1.2324, 0.00836

19.3010, 1.4748, -0.2161, 0.6940, 0.2571, -7.9144, 1.2324, 0.00828

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18490902

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 14.0656, WHICH IS 5.68 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 15.2330, WHICH IS 24.86 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 18.1337, WHICH IS 18.52 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 19.3001, WHICH IS 9.56 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 15:05:39 ON 01-08-2007