Total lunar eclipse of 2010 December 21 The beginning of the eclipse visibly in western Europe, in extreme north- eastern Asia, in extreme north-western Africa, in Northern and South America, in Greenland, in Atlantic Ocean (except for its south-eastern part), at Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The end of the eclipse visibly is seen in a north-eastern part of Asia, in Northern America, in extreme north-western South America, in Greenland, eastern part of Australia, New Zealand, in Sargasso sea, at Arctic and Pacific Oceans. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2010, December 21, 8 13 37.2 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 57 08.986 5 57 08.986 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +11.093 +149.970 ø ' " ø ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -23 26 09.89 +23 44 57.82 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.75 -179.84 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.94 58 14.17 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 16 15.48 15 52.14 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . December 21, 5 27.6 357.50 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 6 32.2 357.77 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . 7 40.4 358.05 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 8 17.0 358.20 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . 8 53.7 358.35 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . 10 01.8 358.64 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 11 06.3 358.90 -------------------------------------------- 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 33.6 | +23 58.4 | 99 32.3 W Last | 257 20.1 | +23 47.8 | 149 55.0 W Magnitude of the eclipse 1.259 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4568.12 " Angular radius of the umbra 2578.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |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 | | 5 20| 5750| 2.234| 105.9| - | - ! 8 20| 1127| 0.437| 190.4| 1.257| 2.302 30| 5438| 2.113| 106.6| - | 0.040! 30| 1198| 0.465| 205.9| 1.221| 2.265 40| 5127| 1.992| 107.4| - | 0.204! 40| 1343| 0.521| 218.8| 1.146| 2.190 50| 4817| 1.871| 108.3| - | 0.367! 50| 1541| 0.598| 228.8| 1.042| 2.087 | | | | | ! | | | | | 6 00| 4508| 1.751| 109.3| - | 0.529! 9 00| 1775| 0.688| 236.4| 0.920| 1.965 10| 4200| 1.631| 110.4| - | 0.691! 10| 2033| 0.788| 242.1| 0.786| 1.830 20| 3894| 1.512| 111.7| - | 0.852! 20| 2306| 0.894| 246.5| 0.643| 1.687 30| 3590| 1.394| 113.2| - | 1.012! 30| 2590| 1.004| 250.0| 0.494| 1.539 40| 3289| 1.277| 115.0| 0.124| 1.170! 40| 2881| 1.116| 252.8| 0.342| 1.386 50| 2991| 1.161| 117.1| 0.281| 1.326! 50| 3178| 1.231| 255.1| 0.186| 1.231 | | | | | ! | | | | | 7 00| 2699| 1.047| 119.7| 0.434| 1.480!10 00| 3478| 1.348| 257.0| 0.029| 1.073 10| 2412| 0.936| 122.9| 0.585| 1.630! 10| 3782| 1.465| 258.6| - | 0.914 20| 2135| 0.829| 126.9| 0.730| 1.775! 20| 4089| 1.584| 260.0| - | 0.753 30| 1872| 0.726| 132.1| 0.868| 1.913! 30| 4397| 1.703| 261.2| - | 0.591 40| 1628| 0.632| 138.9| 0.996| 2.041! 40| 4707| 1.823| 262.2| - | 0.429 50| 1414| 0.549| 147.9| 1.107| 2.152! 50| 5018| 1.943| 263.1| - | 0.266 | | | | | ! | | | | | 8 00| 1246| 0.483| 159.7| 1.195| 2.240!11 00| 5331| 2.064| 263.9| - | 0.102 10| 1144| 0.444| 174.3| 1.247| 2.292! 10| 5644| 2.185| 264.7| - | - T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 67.0s); 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.