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

 

                   PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18710106

 

 

 

                           PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

 

            Moon enters penumbra (PC1)         18.2542

            Moon enters umbra (1C)             19.4555

            Middle of Eclipse (MID)            21.1636          Magnitude  0.694

            Moon leaves umbra (4C)             22.4717

            Moon leaves penumbra (PC2)          0.0730

 

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

 

            Latitude at PC1 is                -15.67

            Latitude at 1C is                 -31.02

            Latitude at 4C is                 -45.49

            Latitude at PC2 is                -29.90

 

             VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18710106

 

             FOR PC1      7.035160,     23.043037,   

             FOR 1C       7.065196,     23.033987,   

             FOR 2C       7.101600,     23.022731,   

             FOR 4C       7.134017,     23.005829,   

             FOR PC2      7.164086,     22.592581,   

 

             FOR ECLIPSE OF 18710106

 

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

 

   18.2542,  -1.3427,   0.5931,   0.6638,   0.2508,   7.8395,   1.2176,  0.00792

   19.4555,  -0.7076,   0.5811,   0.6642,   0.2510,   8.1180,   1.2176,  0.00793

   21.1636,   0.0111,   0.5669,   0.6647,   0.2511,   8.4329,   1.2176,  0.00794

   22.4717,   0.7307,   0.5518,   0.6651,   0.2512,   8.7478,   1.2176,  0.00794

    0.0730,   1.3676,   0.5378,   0.6655,   0.2513,   9.0263,   1.2176,  0.00785

 

             CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18710106

 

                    VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS  102

 

          ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 18.2555,   WHICH IS   12.41   seconds LATER

          ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS  19.4601,   WHICH IS    5.63   seconds LATER

          ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS  22.4710,   WHICH IS    7.51   seconds EARLIER

          ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS  0.0718,   WHICH IS   12.37   seconds EARLIER

 

COMPUTED AT 15:00:02 ON 01-08-2007