Total lunar eclipse of 2003 November 9 The beginning of the eclipse visible in Europe, western half of Asia, Af- rica, Madagaskar, Central and South America except the extreme south, eastern North America, Greenland, the western Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the north-western half of the Indian Ocean. The end of the eclipse visible in Europe, extreme western Asia, Africa ex- cept the eastern coast, Antarctica pen., South and North America, Greenland, the eastern Pacific Ocean, most of the Arctic Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2003, November 9, 0 57 14.6 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 54 56.344 2 54 56.344 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +10.037 +114.819 o ' " o ' " Declination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -16 41 08.24 +16 15 52.27 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . -43.27 +667.46 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.88 54 03.71 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 16 08.70 14 43.90 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . . November 8, 22 15.1 344.48 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . . 23 32.5 344.66 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . . November 9, 1 07.0 344.88 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 1 18.5 344.90 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . . 1 30.6 344.93 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . . 3 04.8 345.15 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . . 4 22.1 345.33 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 | 41 27.2 | +16 06.2 | 2 12.1 E Last | 273 40.2 | +16 45.7 | 49 19.4 W Magnitude of the eclipse 1.020 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4305.51 " Angular radius of the umbra 2329.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Magnitudes ! | | | | Magnitudes | | | | of eclipse ! | | | | of eclipse UT | s | d | P |-------------! UT | s | d | P |------------- | | | |umbral|penumb! | | | |umbral|penumb -----|-----|------|------|------|------!-----|-----|------|------|------|------ h m| "| | o | | ! h m| "| | o | | 22 10| 5320| 2.282| 51.9| - | - ! 1 30| 1435| 0.616| 325.0| 1.002| 2.120 20| 5058| 2.170| 51.1| - | 0.073! 40| 1518| 0.652| 315.0| 0.956| 2.074 30| 4797| 2.058| 50.2| - | 0.221! 50| 1642| 0.705| 306.2| 0.887| 2.004 40| 4537| 1.947| 49.2| - | 0.367! | | | | | 50| 4279| 1.836| 48.1| - | 0.513! 2 00| 1799| 0.773| 298.8| 0.798| 1.916 | | | | | ! 10| 1982| 0.851| 292.7| 0.696| 1.814 23 00| 4022| 1.726| 46.9| - | 0.658! 20| 2182| 0.937| 287.6| 0.582| 1.700 10| 3768| 1.617| 45.5| - | 0.801! 30| 2397| 1.029| 283.5| 0.461| 1.579 20| 3517| 1.509| 43.8| - | 0.943! 40| 2623| 1.126| 280.0| 0.333| 1.451 30| 3269| 1.403| 42.0| - | 1.083! 50| 2857| 1.227| 277.1| 0.201| 1.319 40| 3025| 1.298| 39.8| 0.103| 1.221! | | | | | 50| 2787| 1.196| 37.2| 0.238| 1.356! 3 00| 3097| 1.330| 274.7| 0.066| 1.184 | | | | | ! 10| 3342| 1.435| 272.6| - | 1.045 0 00| 2555| 1.097| 34.2| 0.369| 1.486! 20| 3591| 1.542| 270.8| - | 0.904 10| 2332| 1.001| 30.5| 0.494| 1.612! 30| 3842| 1.650| 269.3| - | 0.762 20| 2121| 0.910| 26.1| 0.613| 1.731! 40| 4097| 1.759| 267.9| - | 0.618 30| 1925| 0.826| 20.8| 0.724| 1.842! 50| 4354| 1.870| 266.7| - | 0.472 40| 1750| 0.751| 14.3| 0.823| 1.940! | | | | | 50| 1601| 0.687| 6.5| 0.906| 2.024! 4 00| 4612| 1.980| 265.6| - | 0.326 | | | | | ! 10| 4872| 2.092| 264.7| - | 0.179 1 00| 1489| 0.639| 357.3| 0.970| 2.088! 20| 5133| 2.204| 263.8| - | 0.031 10| 1420| 0.610| 346.9| 1.009| 2.127! 30| 5395| 2.317| 263.1| - | - 20| 1401| 0.602| 335.9| 1.020| 2.138! | | | | | 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.