Partial lunar eclipse of 2008 August 16 The beginning of the eclipse visibly in Europe, Asia (except the extreme north-east), Africa, Madagascar, Australia, Antarctica, in the extreme western Pacific and Indian Oceans, in south-eastern Atlantic Ocean. The end of the eclipse visibly in Europe, Asia (except its north-eastern part), Africa, Madagascar, South America (except the extreme north-west), An- tarctica, in Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2008, August 16, 21 40 00.6 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 46 41.817 21 46 41.817 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +9.317 +120.297 o ' " o ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +13 23 54.30 -12 48 46.96 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . -47.91 +807.89 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.69 56 21.22 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 15 47.86 15 21.37 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . August 16, 18 22.9 342.52 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 19 35.5 342.37 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 21 10.1 342.18 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . 22 44.5 341.99 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 23 57.1 341.85 -------------------------------------------- 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 | 99 12.2 | -13 21.8 | 66 12.1 E Last | 210 43.1 | -12 39.2 | 20 23.5 E Magnitude of the eclipse 0.811 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4423.70 " Angular radius of the umbra 2490.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |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 | | 18 20| 5420| 2.180| 85.9| - | - !21 20| 1931| 0.776| 163.8| 0.798| 1.847 30| 5142| 2.068| 87.1| - | 0.108! 30| 1999| 0.803| 172.3| 0.761| 1.810 40| 4867| 1.957| 88.3| - | 0.257! 40| 2108| 0.846| 180.0| 0.702| 1.751 50| 4594| 1.847| 89.8| - | 0.406! 50| 2251| 0.903| 186.9| 0.625| 1.674 | | | | | ! | | | | | 19 00| 4325| 1.739| 91.4| - | 0.552!22 00| 2422| 0.972| 192.9| 0.532| 1.581 10| 4059| 1.632| 93.2| - | 0.696! 10| 2617| 1.050| 198.0| 0.427| 1.476 20| 3799| 1.527| 95.3| - | 0.838! 20| 2830| 1.136| 202.4| 0.312| 1.361 30| 3544| 1.425| 97.7| - | 0.976! 30| 3057| 1.227| 206.2| 0.189| 1.238 40| 3297| 1.325| 100.5| 0.061| 1.111! 40| 3296| 1.323| 209.4| 0.060| 1.108 50| 3059| 1.229| 103.7| 0.190| 1.240! 50| 3544| 1.422| 212.2| - | 0.974 | | | | | ! | | | | | 20 00| 2832| 1.138| 107.5| 0.313| 1.363!23 00| 3799| 1.524| 214.6| - | 0.836 10| 2619| 1.052| 111.9| 0.429| 1.478! 10| 4061| 1.629| 216.7| - | 0.694 20| 2424| 0.974| 117.0| 0.534| 1.584! 20| 4327| 1.736| 218.6| - | 0.550 30| 2253| 0.905| 123.0| 0.627| 1.676! 30| 4598| 1.844| 220.2| - | 0.404 40| 2109| 0.847| 129.8| 0.704| 1.754! 40| 4872| 1.953| 221.6| - | 0.256 50| 2000| 0.804| 137.6| 0.762| 1.812! 50| 5148| 2.064| 222.9| - | 0.106 | | | | | ! | | | | | 21 00| 1932| 0.776| 146.0| 0.799| 1.848! 0 00| 5427| 2.176| 224.1| - | - 10| 1909| 0.766| 154.9| 0.811| 1.860! | | | | | s T - universal time ( TDT - 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.