E c l i p s e s, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Total Lunar Eclipse of 2001 January 9 The beginning of the eclipse visible in Eurasia, the extreme northern North America, Greenland, Australia, Africa except the extreme west, Madagas- kar, the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean, the north-western Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean. The end of the eclipse visible in Eurasia, north-eastern North America, Greenland, Indonesia, Africa, Madagaskar, north-eastern South America, the Arctic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2001, January 9, 20 18 47.5 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 25 03.154 7 25 03.154 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +10.871 +164.771 o ' " o ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -21 59 58.96 +22 22 49.54 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +22.05 -120.08 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.94 61 21.09 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 16 15.85 16 43.08 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . . January 9, 17 43.4 9.14 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . . 18 41.9 9.39 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . . 19 49.6 9.68 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . . 20 20.6 9.82 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . . 20 51.6 9.95 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . . 21 59.2 10.23 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . . 22 57.7 10.48 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 | 113 30.5 | +22 34.0 | 80 18.7 E Last | 251 46.8 | +22 27.4 | 33 06.3 E Magnitude of the eclipse 1.192 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4759.06 " Angular radius of the umbra 2768.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | 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 | | 17 40| 5876|2.123|105.4| - | - I20 30| 1410|0.509|196.5| 1.172 | 2.164 50| 5530|1.998|106.3| - | 0.114 I 40| 1535|0.554|209.6| 1.111 | 2.103 | | | | | I 50| 1725|0.623|220.2| 1.017 | 2.009 18 00| 5186|1.874|107.3| - | 0.286 I | | | | | 10| 4844|1.750|108.5| - | 0.457 I21 00| 1962|0.709|228.6| 0.900 | 1.892 20| 4504|1.627|109.8| - | 0.626 I 10| 2231|0.806|235.0| 0.766 | 1.758 30| 4166|1.505|111.3| - | 0.794 I 20| 2522|0.911|240.0| 0.622 | 1.614 40| 3832|1.385|113.1| - | 0.961 I 30| 2827|1.021|244.0| 0.470 | 1.462 50| 3502|1.265|115.3| 0.133 | 1.125 I 40| 3144|1.135|247.2| 0.312 | 1.304 | | | | | I 50| 3468|1.252|249.8| 0.151 | 1.143 19 00| 3177|1.148|117.8| 0.295 | 1.287 I | | | | | 10| 2860|1.033|120.9| 0.453 | 1.445 I22 00| 3798|1.371|251.9| - | 0.979 20| 2553|0.922|124.8| 0.605 | 1.598 I 10| 4132|1.492|253.8| - | 0.812 30| 2261|0.817|129.7| 0.751 | 1.743 I 20| 4470|1.614|255.3| - | 0.644 40| 1989|0.719|136.0| 0.885 | 1.878 I 30| 4810|1.737|256.7| - | 0.475 50| 1748|0.632|144.1| 1.005 | 1.997 I 40| 5153|1.860|257.8| - | 0.304 | | | | | I 50| 5497|1.985|258.9| - | 0.133 20 00| 1552|0.561|154.4| 1.102 | 2.094 I | | | | | 10| 1420|0.513|167.3| 1.167 | 2.159 I23 00| 5843|2.109|259.8| - | - 20| 1369|0.495|181.8| 1.192 | 2.184 I | | | | | T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 66.0 s ); 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.