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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18670914

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 21.4144

Moon enters umbra (1C) 22.5659

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 0.2622 Magnitude 0.701

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 1.5546

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 3.1100

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

Latitude at PC1 is 15.76

Latitude at 1C is 30.82

Latitude at 4C is 45.79

Latitude at PC2 is 30.69

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18670914

FOR PC1 23.205528, -4.415241,

FOR 1C 23.232977, -4.292815,

FOR 2C 23.263340, -4.144035,

FOR 4C 23.293713, -3.594878,

FOR PC2 23.321187, -3.471547,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18670914

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

-2.1816, -1.1257, -0.9693, 0.6883, 0.2558, -24.9211, 1.2301, 0.00828

-1.0301, -0.5311, -0.7820, 0.6888, 0.2559, -24.9658, 1.2301, 0.00829

0.2622, 0.1762, -0.5591, 0.6893, 0.2561, -25.0135, 1.2301, 0.00830

1.5546, 0.8843, -0.3357, 0.6899, 0.2562, -25.0555, 1.2301, 0.00831

3.1100, 1.4809, -0.1473, 0.6904, 0.2563, -25.0863, 1.2301, 0.00831

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18670914

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 21.4151, WHICH IS 6.84 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 22.5720, WHICH IS 21.51 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 1.5527, WHICH IS 18.71 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 3.1053, WHICH IS 6.84 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 15:01:46 ON 01-08-2007