Penumbral Lunar Eclipse 2012 November 28
Circumstances of this eclipse.
Byron Soulsby - Theodore Lunar Observatory

       

                   PRIME CONTACT TIMES FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 20121128

 

 

                               PENUMBRAL ECLIPSE

 

 

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

 

            Moon enters penumbra (PC1)         12.1231

            Middle of Eclipse (MID)            14.3303          Magnitude  0.943

            Moon leaves penumbra (PC2)         16.5334

 

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

 

            Latitude at PC1 is                 35.45

            Latitude at PC2 is                 49.78

 

             VALUES OF MOON's RA(H.MS) & DEC(D.MS) FOR ECLIPSE OF 20121128

 

             FOR PC1      4.150624,     20.220467,   

             FOR PC2      4.245654,     20.325416,   

 

             FOR ECLIPSE OF 20121128

 

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

 

   12.1231,  -0.9854,  -1.0496,   0.6431,   0.2451, -11.5148,   1.1944,  0.00746

   16.5334,   1.1228,  -0.9015,   0.6430,   0.2451, -10.5285,   1.1944,  0.00752

 

             CORRECTED VALUES OF PRIMARY CONTACTS FOR ECLIPSE OF 20121128

 

                    VALUE OF OBLATENESS USED WAS  102

 

          ILEE TIME FOR PC1 IS 12.1234,   WHICH IS    2.37   seconds LATER

          ILEE TIME FOR PC2 IS 16.5327,   WHICH IS    6.93   seconds EARLIER

 

COMPUTED AT 17:37:31 ON 10-12-2006