Partial lunar eclipse of 2017, August 7 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from Asia, east of Africa, Madagas- car, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica at coast of Indian ocean, west of Paci- fic, and Indian oceans. The end of the eclipse is visible from Eurasia (except east part), Africa, Madagascar, Australia, Antarctica at coast of Indian ocean, south of Atlantic, and Indian oceans. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2017, August 7, 18 40 47.7 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 36.226 21 11 36.226 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +9.532 +127.287 o ' " o ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +16 12 13.76 -15 23 05.55 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . -42.41 +389.48 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.67 55 33.06 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 15 46.38 15 08.25 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . August 7, 15 47.9 341.75 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 17 22.3 341.51 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 18 20.5 341.36 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . 19 18.5 341.21 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 20 52.9 340.98 ------------------------------------------- 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 | 138 25.9 | -15 37.5 | 100 12.4 E Last | 198 36.8 | -15 24.9 | 72 06.0 E Magnitude of the eclipse 0.249 Angular radius of the penumbra 4373.28 " Angular radius of the umbra 2442.84 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | 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 | | 15 40| 5469| 2.241| 110.8| - | - !18 30| 2902| 1.188| 174.0| 0.242| 1.304 50| 5225| 2.141| 112.5| - | 0.028! 40| 2944| 1.205| 179.6| 0.219| 1.281 | | | | | ! 50| 3013| 1.233| 185.0| 0.181| 1.243 16 00| 4987| 2.044| 114.3| - | 0.159! | | | | | 10| 4754| 1.948| 116.3| - | 0.288!19 00| 3108| 1.272| 190.1| 0.129| 1.191 20| 4528| 1.855| 118.5| - | 0.412! 10| 3226| 1.320| 194.8| 0.064| 1.127 30| 4309| 1.765| 120.9| - | 0.533! 20| 3365| 1.377| 199.2| - | 1.050 40| 4099| 1.679| 123.6| - | 0.648! 30| 3522| 1.441| 203.3| - | 0.964 50| 3899| 1.597| 126.6| - | 0.758! 40| 3696| 1.512| 206.9| - | 0.869 | | | | | ! 50| 3884| 1.589| 210.3| - | 0.766 17 00| 3711| 1.520| 129.8| - | 0.862! | | | | | 10| 3537| 1.449| 133.5| - | 0.957!20 00| 4083| 1.670| 213.3| - | 0.657 20| 3378| 1.383| 137.5| - | 1.044! 10| 4293| 1.756| 216.0| - | 0.542 30| 3237| 1.326| 141.8| 0.058| 1.122! 20| 4512| 1.845| 218.4| - | 0.422 40| 3117| 1.277| 146.6| 0.124| 1.187! 30| 4738| 1.938| 220.7| - | 0.297 50| 3021| 1.237| 151.6| 0.177| 1.240! 40| 4971| 2.033| 222.7| - | 0.169 | | | | | ! 50| 5210| 2.130| 224.5| - | 0.038 18 00| 2949| 1.207| 157.0| 0.216| 1.279! | | | | | 10| 2905| 1.189| 162.6| 0.240| 1.303!21 00| 5454| 2.230| 226.2| - | - 20| 2889| 1.183| 168.3| 0.249| 1.312! | | | | | T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 69.0s); 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.