Total lunar eclipse of 2007 March 3-4 The beginning of the eclipse visible in Europe, in Asia except the eastern part, east of Greenland, Africa, Madagascar, western half of Australia, the coast of Antarctica (on the part of Indian Ocean), the western Arctic Ocean, the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. The end of the eclipse visible in Europe, western Asia, Africa, Madagascar, South America, the eastern part of Northern America, Greenland, Antarctica (on the part of Atlantic Ocean), the western Indian and Atlantic Oceans, in extreme south-east of Pacific Ocean. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2007, March 3, 23 00 43.9 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 57 16.046 10 57 16.046 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +9.322 +107.747 o ' " o ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6 41 05.66 +7 00 44.81 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +57.57 -845.84 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.87 54 31.30 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 16 07.97 14 51.42 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . March 3, 20 16.4 20.82 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 21 30.0 20.89 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . 22 44.0 20.95 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 23 20.9 20.98 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . 23 58.2 21.01 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . March 4, 1 11.9 21.07 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 2 25.5 21.13 -------------------------------------------- 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 | 136 51.3 | + 7 25.0 | 39 51.3 E Last | 279 44.8 | + 6 32.5 | 14 06.6 W Magnitude of the eclipse 1.235 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4332.76 " Angular radius of the umbra 2358.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |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 | | 20 10| 5396| 2.286| 129.2| - | - !23 30| 1069| 0.453| 222.0| 1.220| 2.327 20| 5124| 2.171| 129.8| - | 0.055! 40| 1166| 0.495| 235.4| 1.166| 2.274 30| 4853| 2.056| 130.5| - | 0.207! 50| 1316| 0.558| 246.2| 1.084| 2.191 40| 4582| 1.941| 131.2| - | 0.359! | | | | | 50| 4312| 1.827| 132.1| - | 0.510! 0 00| 1502| 0.637| 254.6| 0.980| 2.087 | | | | | ! 10| 1713| 0.727| 261.0| 0.861| 1.969 21 00| 4043| 1.713| 133.0| - | 0.661! 20| 1941| 0.823| 266.0| 0.734| 1.842 10| 3775| 1.600| 134.1| - | 0.810! 30| 2180| 0.925| 269.9| 0.600| 1.707 20| 3509| 1.487| 135.4| - | 0.959! 40| 2427| 1.030| 273.0| 0.461| 1.569 30| 3245| 1.375| 136.9| 0.000| 1.107! 50| 2680| 1.137| 275.6| 0.319| 1.427 40| 2984| 1.265| 138.6| 0.146| 1.254! | | | | | 50| 2725| 1.155| 140.6| 0.291| 1.398! 1 00| 2938| 1.246| 277.7| 0.174| 1.282 | | | | | ! 10| 3198| 1.357| 279.4| 0.028| 1.136 22 00| 2471| 1.047| 143.1| 0.433| 1.540! 20| 3461| 1.469| 280.9| - | 0.988 10| 2222| 0.942| 146.1| 0.572| 1.680! 30| 3727| 1.581| 282.2| - | 0.839 20| 1981| 0.840| 149.8| 0.707| 1.814! 40| 3993| 1.694| 283.3| - | 0.689 30| 1751| 0.742| 154.6| 0.836| 1.943! 50| 4261| 1.808| 284.3| - | 0.539 40| 1537| 0.652| 160.8| 0.955| 2.063! | | | | | 50| 1345| 0.570| 168.8| 1.062| 2.170! 2 00| 4530| 1.923| 285.2| - | 0.388 | | | | | ! 10| 4800| 2.037| 285.9| - | 0.236 23 00| 1189| 0.504| 179.2| 1.150| 2.257! 20| 5071| 2.152| 286.6| - | 0.084 10| 1081| 0.458| 192.1| 1.210| 2.318! 30| 5342| 2.267| 287.2| - | - 20| 1039| 0.440| 207.0| 1.235| 2.343! | | | | | s T - universal time ( TT - UT1 = 66.0 ); 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.