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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 18760903

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 18.4557

Moon enters umbra (1C) 20.1503

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 21.2236 Magnitude 0.348

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 22.3009

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 23.5915

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

Latitude at PC1 is 38.26

Latitude at 1C is 61.49

Latitude at 4C is 46.85

Latitude at PC2 is 23.56

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 18760903

FOR PC1 22.485201, -8.293587,

FOR 1C 22.513891, -8.080466,

FOR 2C 22.534535, -7.514205,

FOR 4C 22.555172, -7.351631,

FOR PC2 22.583833, -7.133137,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 18760903

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

18.4557, -0.7585, -1.2564, 0.6754, 0.2522, -20.6064, 1.2157, 0.00805

20.1503, -0.1261, -0.9200, 0.6759, 0.2523, -20.7205, 1.2157, 0.00806

21.2236, 0.3537, -0.6645, 0.6763, 0.2524, -20.8057, 1.2157, 0.00806

22.3009, 0.8338, -0.4087, 0.6766, 0.2525, -20.8898, 1.2157, 0.00807

23.5915, 1.4675, -0.0706, 0.6771, 0.2526, -20.9991, 1.2157, 0.00796

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 18760903

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 18.4641, WHICH IS 44.96 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 20.1650, WHICH IS 107.51 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 22.2939, WHICH IS 30.37 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 23.5910, WHICH IS 5.47 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 14:58:47 ON 01-08-2007