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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 19430815

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 16.5826

Moon enters umbra (1C) 17.5842

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 19.2819 Magnitude 0.876

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 20.5756

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 21.5812

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

Latitude at PC1 is 13.87

Latitude at 1C is 25.35

Latitude at 4C is 39.58

Latitude at PC2 is 27.96

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 19430815

FOR PC1 21.315683, -15.041641,

FOR 1C 21.343103, -14.552711,

FOR 2C 21.381987, -14.420836,

FOR 4C 21.420817, -14.283586,

FOR PC2 21.444140, -14.192186,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 19430815

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

16.5826, -1.3177, -0.8906, 0.7751, 0.2785, -20.0233, 1.3119, 0.00985

17.5842, -0.7358, -0.7539, 0.7750, 0.2785, -20.1834, 1.3119, 0.00987

19.2819, 0.1292, -0.5503, 0.7748, 0.2784, -20.4169, 1.3119, 0.00987

20.5756, 0.9939, -0.3461, 0.7747, 0.2784, -20.6449, 1.3119, 0.00984

21.5812, 1.5750, -0.2085, 0.7745, 0.2783, -20.7951, 1.3119, 0.00987

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 19430815

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 16.5838, WHICH IS 12.24 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 17.5843, WHICH IS 1.02 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 20.5741, WHICH IS 15.11 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 21.5805, WHICH IS 7.41 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 21:14:29 ON 12-06-2007