Penumbral lunar eclipse of 2009 February 9

     The beginning of the eclipse visibly in eastern half of Asia,  in western
 half of Northern America, in Australia, New Zealand, in Pacific Ocean (except
 for extreme south-east), in eastern part of Indian and in Arctic Oceans.
     The end of the eclipse visibly in Eurasia (except for the Western Europe),
 in north-eastern Africa, Madagascar, in Australia and New Zealand, in western
 half of Pacific and in Indian Oceans, at Arctic Ocean.


                   Universal time of geocentric opposition
                                                        h  m  s
                in right ascension  2009, February 9, 15 28 37.5

                                                  Sun              Moon
                                                h  m  s          h  m  s
  Right ascension  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21 33 38.356      9 33 38.356
                                                      s                s
     Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . .        +9.903         +138.344
                                                ø  '  "          ø  '  "
  Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14 29 26.42     +13 19 11.42
                                                      "                "
     Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . .       +48.47          -890.39
                                                      "             '  "
  Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . .         8.91         60 13.15
                                                   '  "             '  "
  Apparent semidiameter  . . . . . . . . . .     16 12.59         16 24.56



                         Circumstances of the Eclipse
                                                             Position Angles
                                                           of the Moon's axis
                                                        h  m        ø
     Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . .  February 9,  12 36.6     16.71
     Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . .               14 38.2     17.02
     Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . .               16 39.5     17.32

         --------------------------------------------
          Contacts|  Position |The Moon being in the Zenith in
       of Penumbra|   Angles  |----------------------
         with Limb|  from the |          |
          of Moon |North Point| Latitude | Longitude
         ---------|-----------|----------|-----------
                  |     ø  '  |    ø  '  |    ø  '
         First    |   71 07.2 | +14 06.9 | 172 51.6 E
         Last     |  337 08.0 | +13 06.7 | 114 19.0 E

              Magnitude of the eclipse          0.923
                                                 "
              Angular radius of the penumbra 4687.28
                                                 "
              Angular radius of the umbra    2703.50


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     |     |      |      |Magnitudes of!     |     |      |      |Magnitudes of
  T  |  s  |   d  |   P  |  Penumbral  !  T  |  s  |   d  |   P  |  Penumbral
     |     |      |      |  Eclipse    !     |     |      |      |  Eclipse
-----|-----|------|------|-------------×-----|-----|------|------|-------------
  h m|    "|      |    o |             !  h m|    "|      |    o |
12 30| 5843| 2.159|  72.6|      -      !14 40| 3846| 1.423|  23.2|    0.922
   40| 5589| 2.065|  70.3|    0.043    !   50| 3866| 1.430|  18.1|    0.911
   50| 5345| 1.975|  67.8|    0.167    !     |     |      |      |
     |     |      |      |             !15 00| 3917| 1.449|  13.1|    0.885
13 00| 5113| 1.890|  65.1|    0.284    !   10| 3996| 1.479|   8.3|    0.845
   10| 4893| 1.809|  62.1|    0.395    !   20| 4103| 1.518|   3.7|    0.790
   20| 4689| 1.733|  58.8|    0.499    !   30| 4235| 1.567| 359.4|    0.723
   30| 4501| 1.664|  55.2|    0.593    !   40| 4389| 1.624| 355.4|    0.645
   40| 4333| 1.602|  51.4|    0.678    !   50| 4564| 1.689| 351.6|    0.556
   50| 4186| 1.548|  47.2|    0.752    !     |     |      |      ³
     |     |      |      |             !16 00| 4758| 1.761| 348.2|    0.458
14 00| 4063| 1.502|  42.8|    0.814    !   10| 4967| 1.838| 345.0|    0.352
   10| 3965| 1.466|  38.1|    0.863    !   20| 5191| 1.921| 342.1|    0.238
   20| 3896| 1.441|  33.3|    0.898    !   30| 5427| 2.009| 339.4|    0.118
   30| 3856| 1.426|  28.2|    0.918    !   40| 5673| 2.100| 337.0|      -

                                      s
   T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 66.0 );
   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.