162 E c l i p s e s 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Total lunar eclipse of 2011 December 10 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from north-eastern Europe, Asia (except for south-western part), Australia, New Zealand, Northern and Central Americas, Greenland, Arctic and Pacific oceans, eastern Indian ocean. The end of the eclipse is visible from Eurasia (except for extreme south- western part), Alaska, Australia, north-eastern Africa, Madagascar, Greenland, Arctic and Indian oceans, western Pacific ocean. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2011, December 10, 14 32 21.4 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 08 35.092 5 08 35.100 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +10.985 +134.169 ° ' " ° ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -22 54 38.78 +22 33 13.26 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . -13.49 - 6.58 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.93 55 11.73 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 16 14.46 15 02.43 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m ° Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . December 10, 11 31.7 352.72 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 12 45.2 352.99 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . 14 05.8 353.28 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 14 31.8 353.37 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . 14 57.9 353.47 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . 16 18.5 353.76 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 17 31.9 354.03 -------------------------------------------- Contacts¦ Position ¦The Moon being in the Zenith in of umbra¦ Angles +---------------------- with Limb¦ from the ¦ ¦ Magnitude of the eclipse 1.113 of Moon ¦North Point¦ Latitude ¦ Longitude " ---------+-----------+----------+----------- Angular radius of the penumbra 4380.34 ¦ ° ' ¦ ° ' ¦ ° ' " First ¦ 67 18.4 ¦ +22 41.4 ¦ 165 56.2 E Angular radius of the umbra 2392.98 Last ¦ 294 00.2 ¦ +22 41.0 ¦ 114 28.3 E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Magnitudes of¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦Magnitudes of T ¦ s ¦ d ¦ P +-------------¦ T ¦ s ¦ d ¦ P +------------- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦umbral¦ penum. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦umbral¦ penum. ¦ ¦ ¦ eclipse¦eclipse ¦ ¦ ¦ eclipse¦eclipse -----+-----+------+------+------+------+-----+-----+------+------+------+------ h m¦ "¦ ¦ ° ¦ ¦ ¦ h m¦ "¦ ¦ ° ¦ ¦ 11 30¦ 5325¦ 2.227¦ 83.3¦ - ¦ - ¦14 40¦ 1306¦ 0.546¦ 357.1¦ 1.102¦ 2.203 40¦ 5050¦ 2.112¦ 82.6¦ - ¦ 0.127¦ 50¦ 1385¦ 0.579¦ 345.4¦ 1.058¦ 2.159 50¦ 4776¦ 1.998¦ 81.7¦ - ¦ 0.279¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦15 00¦ 1515¦ 0.633¦ 335.4¦ 0.987¦ 2.088 12 00¦ 4503¦ 1.883¦ 80.7¦ - ¦ 0.431¦ 10¦ 1683¦ 0.703¦ 327.1¦ 0.894¦ 1.995 10¦ 4232¦ 1.770¦ 79.6¦ - ¦ 0.581¦ 20¦ 1879¦ 0.785¦ 320.5¦ 0.785¦ 1.886 20¦ 3962¦ 1.657¦ 78.4¦ - ¦ 0.731¦ 30¦ 2096¦ 0.875¦ 315.1¦ 0.665¦ 1.766 30¦ 3695¦ 1.545¦ 76.9¦ - ¦ 0.879¦ 40¦ 2327¦ 0.972¦ 310.8¦ 0.537¦ 1.638 40¦ 3430¦ 1.434¦ 75.3¦ - ¦ 1.026¦ 50¦ 2569¦ 1.073¦ 307.3¦ 0.403¦ 1.504 50¦ 3168¦ 1.325¦ 73.4¦ 0.070¦ 1.171¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦16 00¦ 2820¦ 1.177¦ 304.4¦ 0.265¦ 1.365 13 00¦ 2911¦ 1.217¦ 71.1¦ 0.212¦ 1.314¦ 10¦ 3076¦ 1.284¦ 302.0¦ 0.123¦ 1.223 10¦ 2658¦ 1.112¦ 68.4¦ 0.352¦ 1.454¦ 20¦ 3337¦ 1.393¦ 300.0¦ - ¦ 1.079 20¦ 2414¦ 1.009¦ 65.1¦ 0.488¦ 1.589¦ 30¦ 3601¦ 1.503¦ 298.2¦ - ¦ 0.933 30¦ 2178¦ 0.911¦ 61.1¦ 0.618¦ 1.720¦ 40¦ 3869¦ 1.615¦ 296.7¦ - ¦ 0.785 40¦ 1956¦ 0.818¦ 56.2¦ 0.742¦ 1.843¦ 50¦ 4139¦ 1.727¦ 295.4¦ - ¦ 0.636 50¦ 1752¦ 0.732¦ 50.1¦ 0.855¦ 1.956¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦17 00¦ 4410¦ 1.841¦ 294.2¦ - ¦ 0.485 14 00¦ 1572¦ 0.657¦ 42.5¦ 0.954¦ 2.056¦ 10¦ 4684¦ 1.954¦ 293.2¦ - ¦ 0.334 10¦ 1428¦ 0.597¦ 33.1¦ 1.035¦ 2.136¦ 20¦ 4958¦ 2.069¦ 292.3¦ - ¦ 0.182 20¦ 1329¦ 0.555¦ 22.0¦ 1.090¦ 2.191¦ 30¦ 5234¦ 2.184¦ 291.5¦ - ¦ 0.030 30¦ 1286¦ 0.538¦ 9.6¦ 1.113¦ 2.214¦ 40¦ 5511¦ 2.299¦ 290.8¦ - ¦ - 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.