Penumbral Eclipse 1999 January 31

Total Lunar Eclipse 2000 July 16

Crater timing predictions

provided by

Byron Soulsby - Calwell Lunar Observatory

You can observe when the umbra contacts the edges of each lunar feature listed below and forward your timings for detailed analysis so that the oblateness of the earth's atmospheric shadow (umbra) can be determined. These timing predictions are given for the center of each named feature, but I can analyse the leading and following edge timings as well, try and time three values for immersion and another three values for emersions which are given in the next table. Then forward your observations to me for early analysis.

LUNAR ECLIPSE CRATER TIMINGS OBSERVERS' SHEETS

by BYRON W. SOULSBY, CALWELL, ACT, AUSTRALIA.

CRATER TIMING PREDICTIONS FOR 2000JUL16

IMMERSION PREDICTIONS (UT) HH.MS and X, Y, R COORDINATES AT CONTACT

TIME	FEATURE	LONG.	LAT.	X	Y	R
11.5811	FIRST CONTACT	-90.00	-8.74	-0.99	-0.15	1.00
11.5945	RICCIOLI	-74.00	-3.00	-0.96	-0.05	0.96
12.0040	GRIMALDI	-68.30	-5.20	-0.92	-0.09	0.92
12.0119	CRUGER	-66.70	-16.70	-0.87	-0.29	0.92
12.0557	BILLY	-50.00	-13.80	-0.74	-0.24	0.77
12.0619	REINER	-54.90	9.70	-0.80	0.17	0.82
12.0632	SELEUCUS	-66.50	21.10	-0.85	0.36	0.92
12.0810	BRIGGS	-68.60	26.40	-0.83	0.44	0.94
12.1007	GASSENDI	-39.80	-17.50	-0.60	-0.30	0.67
12.1053	SCHICKARD	-54.60	-44.40	-0.58	-0.70	0.91
12.1225	KEPLER	-38.00	8.10	-0.60	0.14	0.61
12.1243	ARISTARCHUS	-47.60	23.70	-0.67	0.40	0.78
12.1519	KRIEGER	-45.50	29.00	-0.62	0.48	0.78
12.1522	RAMSDEN	-31.80	-32.90	-0.43	-0.54	0.69
12.1823	BULLIALDUS	-22.20	-20.70	-0.34	-0.35	0.49
12.1954	EULER	-29.10	23.30	-0.44	0.40	0.59
12.2104	MAIRAN	-43.40	41.60	-0.51	0.66	0.83
12.2119	COPERNICUS	-20.00	9.70	-0.32	0.17	0.37
12.2228	LONGOMONTANUS	-21.70	-49.60	-0.23	-0.76	0.80
12.2308	PYTHEAS	-20.60	20.50	-0.32	0.35	0.47
12.2313	PITATUS	-13.50	-29.80	-0.19	-0.50	0.53
12.2529	TYCHO	-11.20	-43.20	-0.13	-0.68	0.70
12.2627	CLAVIUS	-14.40	-58.40	-0.12	-0.85	0.86
12.2639	ERATOSTHENES	-11.30	14.50	-0.18	0.25	0.31
12.2809	TIMOCHARIS	-13.10	26.70	-0.19	0.45	0.49
12.2822	LAPLACE	-26.00	46.00	-0.30	0.72	0.78
12.2837	ALPHONSUS	-2.70	-13.50	-0.03	-0.23	0.24
12.3306	ARCHIMEDES	-4.00	29.70	-0.05	0.50	0.50
12.3425	PICO	-9.00	46.00	-0.10	0.72	0.73
12.3536	PLATO	-9.20	51.40	-0.09	0.78	0.79
12.3557	AUTOLYCUS	1.40	30.60	0.03	0.51	0.51
12.3618	PITON	-1.00	39.80	-0.00	0.64	0.64
12.3624	ARISTILLUS	1.20	33.80	0.03	0.56	0.56
12.3729	MANILIUS	9.00	14.40	0.16	0.25	0.30
12.3850	CASSINI	4.50	40.20	0.07	0.65	0.65
12.4014	JULIUS CAESAR	15.30	9.00	0.27	0.16	0.32
12.4024	LINNE	11.70	27.70	0.19	0.46	0.50
12.4040	DIONYSIUS	17.20	2.80	0.31	0.05	0.31
12.4114	MENELAUS	15.90	16.20	0.28	0.28	0.39
12.4352	EUDOXUS	16.30	44.20	0.21	0.70	0.73
12.4406	THEOPHILUS	26.30	-11.40	0.45	-0.20	0.49
12.4431	ARISTOTELES	17.30	50.10	0.20	0.77	0.79
12.4459	PLINIUS	23.60	15.30	0.40	0.26	0.48
12.4804	BURG	28.20	45.00	0.34	0.71	0.79
12.4809	CENSORINUS	32.70	-0.40	0.55	-0.01	0.55
12.4838	POSIDONIUS	29.90	31.80	0.43	0.53	0.68
12.4840	VITRUVIUS	31.20	17.60	0.51	0.30	0.59
12.5123	HERCULES	39.20	46.70	0.44	0.73	0.85
12.5232	GOCLENIUS	45.00	-10.00	0.71	-0.17	0.73
12.5248	ATLAS	44.40	46.60	0.49	0.73	0.87
12.5418	ENDYMION	56.50	53.60	0.50	0.80	0.95
12.5419	MESSIER	47.60	-1.90	0.75	-0.03	0.75
12.5425	TARUNTIUS	46.50	5.60	0.73	0.10	0.74
12.5457	PROCLUS	46.90	16.10	0.71	0.28	0.76
12.5727	PICARD	54.50	14.50	0.80	0.25	0.83
12.5753	LANGRENUS	60.90	-8.90	0.87	-0.15	0.88
12.5900	MARE CRISIUM	60.00	15.00	0.84	0.26	0.88
13.0256	SECOND CONTACT	90.00	11.24	0.98	0.19	1.00

EXECUTION 02-10-1999 AT 19:37:34

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