Total Lunar Eclipse of 2000 July 16 The beginning of the eclipse visible in eastern Asia, the western coast of North America, the extreme south of South America, Australia, New Zealand, An- tarctica, the Pacific Ocean, and the south-eastern Indian Ocean. The end of the eclipse visible in most of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, eastern Africa, Madagaskar, the Indian Ocean, and western half of the Pacific Ocean. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2000, July 16, 13 55 50.3 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . 7 44 54.756 19 44 54.756 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . +10.072 +126.809 o , ,, o , ,, Declination . . . . . . . . . +21 15 02.25 -21 13 24.24 ,, ,, Hourly motion . . . . . . . -25.16 +149.82 ,, , ,, Equatorial horizontal parallax 8.65 54 01.23 , ,, , ,, Apparent semidiameter . . . . 15 44.19 14 43.23 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra July 16, 10 46.4 348.92 Moon enters umbra 11 57.0 348.70 Moon enters totality 13 01.9 348.49 Greatest eclipse 13 55.6 348.32 Moon leaves totality 14 49.3 348.15 Moon leaves umbra 15 54.1 347.94 Moon leaves penumbra 17 04.7 347.72 ----------------------------------------------------- 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 | 87 44.6 | -21 26.0 | 178 42.4 W Last | 263 31.5 | -21 16.1 | 123 57.6 E Magnitude of the eclipse 1.770 ,, Angular radius of the penumbra 4277.88 ,, Angular radius of the umbra 2351.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | Magnitudes of I | | | | Magnitudes of T | s | d | P |---------------I T | s | d | P |--------------- | | | | umbral| penum.I | | | | umbral| penum. | | | |eclipse|eclipseI | | | |eclipse|eclipse -----|-----|-----|-----|-------|-------I-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|------- h m| ,,| | o | | I h m| ,,| | o | | 10 40| 5335|2.269| 87.3| - | - I14 00| 156|0.066|226.9| 1.740 | 2.830 50| 5062|2.153| 87.3| - | 0.056 I 10| 407|0.173|251.7| 1.601 | 2.691 | | | | | I 20| 675|0.287|257.2| 1.449 | 2.539 11 00| 4790|2.037| 87.4| - | 0.210 I 30| 945|0.402|259.6| 1.296 | 2.386 10| 4517|1.921| 87.4| - | 0.364 I 40| 1217|0.518|260.9| 1.142 | 2.232 20| 4244|1.805| 87.5| - | 0.519 I 50| 1489|0.633|261.7| 0.988 | 2.078 30| 3971|1.689| 87.5| - | 0.673 I | | | | | 40| 3699|1.573| 87.6| - | 0.828 I15 00| 1762|0.749|262.2| 0.834 | 1.924 50| 3426|1.457| 87.7| - | 0.982 I 10| 2034|0.865|262.6| 0.680 | 1.770 | | | | | I 20| 2307|0.981|262.9| 0.526 | 1.616 12 00| 3153|1.341| 87.8| 0.046 | 1.136 I 30| 2579|1.097|263.2| 0.371 | 1.461 10| 2881|1.225| 87.9| 0.200 | 1.291 I 40| 2852|1.213|263.3| 0.217 | 1.307 20| 2608|1.109| 88.1| 0.355 | 1.445 I 50| 3125|1.329|263.5| 0.063 | 1.153 30| 2336|0.993| 88.3| 0.509 | 1.599 I | | | | | 40| 2063|0.877| 88.6| 0.663 | 1.754 I16 00| 3398|1.444|263.6| - | 0.998 50| 1791|0.762| 89.0| 0.817 | 1.908 I 10| 3671|1.560|263.7| - | 0.844 | | | | | I 20| 3943|1.676|263.8| - | 0.690 13 00| 1518|0.646| 89.5| 0.972 | 2.062 I 30| 4216|1.792|263.8| - | 0.535 10| 1246|0.530| 90.3| 1.126 | 2.216 I 40| 4489|1.908|263.9| - | 0.381 20| 975|0.414| 91.5| 1.280 | 2.370 I 50| 4762|2.024|263.9| - | 0.226 30| 704|0.299| 93.7| 1.433 | 2.523 I | | | | | 40| 435|0.185| 98.7| 1.585 | 2.675 I17 00| 5035|2.140|263.9| - | 0.072 50| 180|0.077|118.5| 1.728 | 2.818 I 10| 5308|2.256|264.0| - | - T - universal time (TDT-UT1= 64.8s); 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.