IV. Penumbral lunar eclipse of 2016, March 23


     The beginning of the eclipse is visible from extreme east of Asia,  Austra-
 lia, New Zealand, Northern and west of South America,  Pacific coast of Antarc-
 tica, Pacific ocean.
     The end of the eclipse is visible from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,  west
 of Northern America, Pacific coast of Antarctica, east of Indian,  and Pacific
 oceans.


                   Universal time of geocentric opposition
                                                       h  m  s
                in right ascension  2016, March  23, 11 03 11.1

                                                  Sun              Moon
                                                 h  m  s          h  m  s
  Right ascension  . . . . . . . . . . . . .    0 11 55.280     12 11 55.278
                                                      s                s    
     Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . .       + 9.100         +113.473 
                                                ш  '  "          ш  '  "    
  Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 1 17 27.59     - 0 11 30.22  
                                                      "                "    
     Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . .       +59.06          -560.16  
                                                      "             '  "    
  Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . .         8.82         54 11.95  
                                                   '  "             '  "    
  Apparent semidiameter  . . . . . . . . . .     16 02.69         14 46.15  
         
         
         
                         Circumstances of the Eclipse
                                                             Position Angles
                                                           of the Moon's axis
                                                        h  m        o
     Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . .    March 23,   9 37.2     24.95
     Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . .               11 47.2     24.92
     Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . .               13 57.5     24.88

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  Contacts |  Position |The Moon being in the Zenith in
of penumbra|   Angles  |------------------------
 with Limb |  from the |          |            
  of Moon  |North Point| Latitude | Longitude  
 ----------|-----------|----------|-------------       
           |    o  '   |    o  '  |    o  '    
 First     | 154 22.1  | + 0 01.9 | 143 18.5 W  
 Last      | 241 10.1  | - 0 38.9 | 153 28.9 E 

 Magnitude of the eclipse          0.798  
                                    "     
 Angular radius of the penumbra 4307.34   
                                    "     
 Angular radius of the umbra    2343.77   


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  T  |  s  |   d  |   P  |Magnitudes of!  T  |  s  |   d  |   P  |Magnitudes of
     |     |      |      |  penumbral  !     |     |      |      |  penumbral           
-----|-----|------|------|-------------!-----|-----|------|------|-------------
  h m|    "|      |    o |             !  h m|    "|      |    o |             
 9 30| 5323| 2.270| 152.8|      -      !11 50| 3770| 1.608| 198.9|    0.798    
   40| 5133| 2.189| 155.0|    0.030    !     |     |      |      |
   50| 4951| 2.112| 157.3|    0.132    !12 00| 3785| 1.615| 203.1|    0.789    
     |     |      |      |             !   10| 3820| 1.630| 207.2|    0.770    
10 00| 4778| 2.038| 159.8|    0.229    !   20| 3874| 1.653| 211.1|    0.740    
   10| 4615| 1.968| 162.5|    0.321    !   30| 3947| 1.684| 215.0|    0.699    
   20| 4462| 1.903| 165.4|    0.407    !   40| 4037| 1.723| 218.7|    0.649    
   30| 4322| 1.843| 168.5|    0.486    !   50| 4143| 1.768| 222.3|    0.589    
   40| 4195| 1.789| 171.7|    0.558    !     |     |      |      |
   50| 4082| 1.741| 175.2|    0.621    !13 00| 4264| 1.820| 225.6|    0.521    
     |     |      |      |             !   10| 4398| 1.877| 228.8|    0.446    
11 00| 3985| 1.700| 178.8|    0.676    !   20| 4545| 1.940| 231.7|    0.363    
   10| 3904| 1.666| 182.6|    0.721    !   30| 4704| 2.008| 234.5|    0.274    
   20| 3842| 1.639| 186.6|    0.757    !   40| 4873| 2.080| 237.1|    0.179    
   30| 3798| 1.621| 190.6|    0.781    !   50| 5051| 2.156| 239.5|    0.078    
   40| 3774| 1.610| 194.8|    0.795    !     |     |      |      |
     |     |      |      |             !14 00| 5237| 2.235| 241.7|      -      
               
   T - universal time;
   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.