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