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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18510117

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 14.2851

Moon enters umbra (1C) 15.4018

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 16.5038 Magnitude 0.470

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 18.0058

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 19.1225

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

Latitude at PC1 is 35.59

Latitude at 1C is 55.04

Latitude at 4C is 41.78

Latitude at PC2 is 22.60

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18510117

FOR PC1 7.494802, 20.075661,

FOR 1C 7.525894, 20.033786,

FOR 2C 7.560677, 19.591056,

FOR 4C 7.591450, 19.543078,

FOR PC2 8.022513, 19.493381,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18510117

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

14.2851, -1.4583, -0.6426, 0.7630, 0.2773, 11.6807, 1.3163, 0.00978

15.4018, -0.7617, -0.7098, 0.7633, 0.2774, 11.9753, 1.3163, 0.00979

16.5038, -0.0756, -0.7764, 0.7635, 0.2775, 12.2640, 1.3163, 0.00979

18.0058, 0.6108, -0.8432, 0.7637, 0.2775, 12.5515, 1.3163, 0.00980

19.1225, 1.3084, -0.9115, 0.7640, 0.2776, 12.8423, 1.3163, 0.00972

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18510117

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 14.2902, WHICH IS 10.78 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 15.4020, WHICH IS 1.90 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 18.0048, WHICH IS 10.00 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 19.1217, WHICH IS 7.91 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 15:05:12 ON 01-08-2007