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

PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 19520805

PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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

Moon enters penumbra (PC1) 17.2632

Moon enters umbra (1C) 18.3314

Middle of Eclipse (MID) 19.4722 Magnitude 0.539

Moon leaves umbra (4C) 21.0129

Moon leaves penumbra (PC2) 22.0811

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

Latitude at PC1 is 35.59

Latitude at 1C is 52.77

Latitude at 4C is 38.61

Latitude at PC2 is 21.31

VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 19520805

FOR PC1 20.582448, -18.051087,

FOR 1C 21.011058, -17.493492,

FOR 2C 21.041459, -17.320464,

FOR 4C 21.071800, -17.142376,

FOR PC2 21.100256, -16.582015,

FOR ECLIPSE OF 19520805

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

17.2632, -1.0143, -1.2272, 0.7769, 0.2789, -14.7360, 1.3132, 0.00988

18.3314, -0.3993, -0.9776, 0.7769, 0.2789, -14.9360, 1.3132, 0.00989

19.4722, 0.2840, -0.6998, 0.7770, 0.2789, -15.1556, 1.3132, 0.00989

21.0129, 0.9672, -0.4215, 0.7770, 0.2789, -15.3721, 1.3132, 0.00988

22.0811, 1.5817, -0.1707, 0.7769, 0.2789, -15.5645, 1.3132, 0.00988

CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 19520805

VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS 102

ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 17.2644, WHICH IS 11.50 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 1C IS 18.3407, WHICH IS 52.36 seconds LATER

ILEE TIME FOR 4C IS 21.0107, WHICH IS 21.56 seconds EARLIER

ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 22.0803, WHICH IS 8.31 seconds EARLIER

COMPUTED AT 17:21:11 ON 03-11-2008