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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18580227

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 19.4549

Moon enters umbra (1C) 21.1001

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 22.1404 Magnitude 0.338

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 23.1806

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 0.4218

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

Latitude at PC1 is -38.39

Latitude at 1C is -61.64

Latitude at 4C is -48.09

Latitude at PC2 is -24.78

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18580227

FOR PC1 10.390799, 9.310897,

FOR 1C 10.420002, 9.092083,

FOR 2C 10.441051, 8.524342,

FOR 4C 10.462068, 8.360410,

FOR PC2 10.491134, 8.140762,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18580227

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

19.4549, -0.7802, 1.3066, 0.7106, 0.2628, 20.7562, 1.2589, 0.00874

21.1001, -0.1275, 0.9645, 0.7101, 0.2626, 20.8422, 1.2589, 0.00873

22.1404, 0.3683, 0.7044, 0.7096, 0.2625, 20.9041, 1.2589, 0.00872

23.1806, 0.8635, 0.4443, 0.7092, 0.2624, 20.9632, 1.2589, 0.00871

0.4218, 1.5136, 0.1026, 0.7086, 0.2622, 21.0362, 1.2589, 0.00876

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18580227

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 19.4603, WHICH IS 13.60 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 21.1033, WHICH IS 32.00 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 23.1757, WHICH IS 8.90 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 0.4216, WHICH IS 2.23 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 15:03:35 ON 01-08-2007