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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18690128

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 23.1652

Moon enters umbra (1C) 0.2851

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 1.3824 Magnitude 0.457

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 2.4756

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 3.5956

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

Latitude at PC1 is 36.22

Latitude at 1C is 55.98

Latitude at 4C is 42.13

Latitude at PC2 is 22.64

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18690128

FOR PC1 8.355830, 17.411274,

FOR 1C 8.390565, 17.334890,

FOR 2C 8.420646, 17.262953,

FOR 4C 8.450711, 17.185900,

FOR PC2 8.481398, 17.110323,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18690128

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

-0.4308, -1.4934, -0.5500, 0.7619, 0.2769, 15.8274, 1.3146, 0.00977

0.2851, -0.7995, -0.6647, 0.7621, 0.2770, 16.1152, 1.3146, 0.00977

1.3824, -0.1289, -0.7758, 0.7624, 0.2771, 16.3897, 1.3146, 0.00978

2.4756, 0.5420, -0.8872, 0.7627, 0.2772, 16.6607, 1.3146, 0.00978

3.5956, 1.2369, -1.0028, 0.7629, 0.2772, 16.9375, 1.3146, 0.00978

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18690128

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 23.1702, WHICH IS 9.90 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 0.2856, WHICH IS 4.39 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 2.4741, WHICH IS 14.65 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 3.5951, WHICH IS 4.90 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 15:01:24 ON 01-08-2007