Total lunar eclipse of 2003 May 16 The beginning of the eclipse visible in western Europe, extreme south-wes- tern Asia, Africa, Madagaskar, most of Antarctica, South America, Central Ame- rica, the eastern half of North America, southern Greenland, the western In- dian Ocean, the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The end of the eclipse visible in the Atlantic coast of Africa, most of Antarctica, South America, North America except the north-west, Atlantic Oce- an, and the south-eastern half of the Pacific Ocean. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2003, May 16, 3 24 57.0 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 30 04.678 15 30 04.678 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +9.889 +151.629 o ' " o ' " Declination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +18 59 11.36 -18 32 21.19 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +34.98 -754.45 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.70 61 18.26 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 15 49.21 16 42.31 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . . May 16, 1 05.3 12.97 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . . 2 02.8 12.78 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . . 3 14.0 12.53 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 3 40.1 12.44 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . . 4 06.5 12.35 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . . 5 17.6 12.10 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . . 6 15.0 11.90 --------------------------------------------------------- Contacts | Position |The Moon being in the Zenith in of Umbra | Angles |------------------------------- with Limb | from the | | of Moon | North Point | Latitude | Longitude -----------|-------------|---------------|--------------- | o ' | o ' | o ' First | 133 29.8 | -18 21.9 | 32 24.9 W Last | 265 41.7 | -19 02.8 | 79 12.5 W Magnitude of the eclipse 1.131 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4728.63 " Angular radius of the umbra 2792.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Magnitudes ! | | | | Magnitudes | | | | of eclipse ! | | | | of eclipse T | s | d | P |-------------! T | s | d | P |------------- | | | |umbral|penumb! | | | |umbral|penumb -----|-----|------|------|------|------!-----|-----|------|------|------|------ h m| "| | o | | ! h m| "| | o | | 1 00| 5911| 2.116| 125.0| - | - ! 3 50| 1557| 0.558| 212.7| 1.112| 2.078 10| 5567| 1.993| 125.9| - | 0.081! | | | | | 20| 5224| 1.870| 126.9| - | 0.251! 4 00| 1675| 0.600| 224.6| 1.055| 2.021 30| 4884| 1.748| 128.1| - | 0.421! 10| 1854| 0.664| 234.6| 0.966| 1.932 40| 4546| 1.627| 129.5| - | 0.589! 20| 2080| 0.745| 242.6| 0.854| 1.820 50| 4211| 1.508| 131.1| - | 0.756! 30| 2339| 0.838| 249.0| 0.726| 1.692 | | | | | ! 40| 2620| 0.939| 254.0| 0.585| 1.551 2 00| 3880| 1.389| 132.9| - | 0.921! 50| 2918| 1.045| 258.0| 0.437| 1.403 10| 3554| 1.273| 135.1| 0.117| 1.083! | | | | | 20| 3235| 1.158| 137.8| 0.276| 1.242! 5 00| 3228| 1.156| 261.3| 0.282| 1.248 30| 2925| 1.047| 141.1| 0.431| 1.397! 10| 3547| 1.271| 264.0| 0.123| 1.089 40| 2626| 0.940| 145.1| 0.579| 1.545! 20| 3873| 1.387| 266.2| - | 0.927 50| 2344| 0.839| 150.1| 0.720| 1.685! 30| 4203| 1.506| 268.1| - | 0.762 | | | | | ! 40| 4537| 1.625| 269.7| - | 0.595 3 00| 2085| 0.747| 156.4| 0.848| 1.814! 50| 4875| 1.746| 271.0| - | 0.427 10| 1858| 0.665| 164.4| 0.961| 1.927! | | | | | 20| 1677| 0.601| 174.4| 1.051| 2.016! 6 00| 5215| 1.868| 272.2| - | 0.257 30| 1559| 0.558| 186.3| 1.110| 2.076! 10| 5557| 1.991| 273.2| - | 0.086 40| 1517| 0.543| 199.5| 1.131| 2.097! 20| 5901| 2.114| 274.1| - | - T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 66.0 s ); s - the angular distance between the centers of the Moon and the shadow; d - the linear distance between the Moon's center and that of the shadow in terms of the shadow's radius; P - the position angle of the Moon's disk semi-diameter directed towards the shadow's center.