Total lunar eclipse of 2015, September 28 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from Europe, west of Asia, Africa, Madagascar, the east of Northern and South America, Greenland, Antarctica from outside Atlantic ocean, the west of Indian, and Atlantic oceans. The end of the eclipse is visible from west of Europe, western part of Af- rica, Northern (except Alaska) and South America, Greenland, Antarctica from outside the South America, Atlantic, and east half of Pacific oceans. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2015, September 28, 2 36 18.4 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 17 07.279 0 17 07.280 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 9.008 +145.486 o ' " o ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 1 51 10.41 + 1 29 55.00 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . -58.35 +711.88 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.78 61 26.57 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 15 57.55 16 44.56 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . .September 28, 0 10.3 335.08 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 1 06.8 335.10 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . 2 10.9 335.11 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 2 47.1 335.13 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . 3 23.7 335.14 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . 4 27.6 335.17 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 5 24.1 335.19 ---------------------------------------------- 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 | 53 34.9 | + 1 12.7 | 19 49.4 W Last | 270 58.9 | + 1 52.7 | 68 08.3 W Magnitude of the eclipse 1.284 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4745.03 " Angular radius of the umbra 2792.26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Magnitudes of| | | | |Magnitudes of T | s | d | P |--------------| T | s | d | P |-------------- | | | |umbral| penum.| | | | |umbral| penum. | | | eclipse|eclipse| | | | eclipse|eclipse -----|-----|------|------|------|-------|-----|-----|------|------|------|------- h m| "| | o | | | h m| "| | o | | 0 10| 5756| 2.061| 60.1| - | - | 3 00| 1299| 0.465| 321.5| 1.239| 2.211 20| 5406| 1.936| 59.3| - | 0.170 | 10| 1465| 0.525| 308.3| 1.158| 2.130 30| 5058| 1.811| 58.4| - | 0.343 | 20| 1692| 0.606| 298.2| 1.046| 2.019 40| 4711| 1.687| 57.3| - | 0.515 | 30| 1958| 0.701| 290.7| 0.915| 1.887 50| 4366| 1.563| 56.1| - | 0.687 | 40| 2250| 0.806| 285.0| 0.770| 1.742 | | | | | | 50| 2558| 0.916| 280.7| 0.616| 1.589 1 00| 4023| 1.441| 54.7| - | 0.857 | | | | | | 10| 3684| 1.319| 53.0| 0.054| 1.026 | 4 00| 2878| 1.031| 277.3| 0.457| 1.429 20| 3348| 1.199| 51.0| 0.221| 1.193 | 10| 3206| 1.148| 274.6| 0.294| 1.266 30| 3017| 1.080| 48.5| 0.386| 1.358 | 20| 3540| 1.268| 272.4| 0.128| 1.100 40| 2693| 0.964| 45.5| 0.546| 1.519 | 30| 3879| 1.389| 270.6| - | 0.932 50| 2379| 0.852| 41.6| 0.702| 1.674 | 40| 4220| 1.511| 269.1| - | 0.762 | | | | | | 50| 4564| 1.634| 267.8| - | 0.590 2 00| 2079| 0.745| 36.5| 0.851| 1.823 | | | | | | 10| 1801| 0.645| 29.9| 0.989| 1.961 | 5 00| 4910| 1.758| 266.7| - | 0.418 20| 1555| 0.557| 20.9| 1.110| 2.082 | 10| 5258| 1.883| 265.7| - | 0.245 30| 1361| 0.487| 9.1| 1.206| 2.178 | 20| 5607| 2.008| 264.9| - | 0.071 40| 1241| 0.445| 354.1| 1.266| 2.238 | 30| 5957| 2.133| 264.1| - | - 50| 1219| 0.437| 337.4| 1.278| 2.250 | | | | | | T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 68.0 s); s - the angular distance between the centers of the Moon and the shadow; d - the linear distance between the M oon'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.