V. Partial lunar eclipse of 2012 November 28 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from Asia (except for south-western part), Northern America, Greenland, Australia, New Zealand, Arctic and Pacific oceans, eastern Indian ocean. The end of the eclipse is visible from Eurasia, Alaska, Greenland, Austra- lia, north-eastern part of Africa, Madagascar, Arctic and Indian oceans, west- ern Pacific ocean. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2012, November 28, 14 23 52.5 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 19 41.886 4 19 41.894 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +10.721 +126.017 ø ' " ø ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -21 26 11.20 +20 27 23.58 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . -25.60 +139.53 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.92 53 57.73 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 16 12.84 14 42.27 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m ø Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . November 28, 12 12.6 348.34 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 14 33.0 348.80 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 16 53.5 349.25 -------------------------------------------- Contacts| Position |The Moon being in the Zenith in of penumbra| Angles |---------------------- with Limb| from the | | of Moon |North Point| Latitude | Longitude ---------|-----------|----------|----------- | o ' | o ' | o ' First | 42 47.9 ³ +20 29.6 ³ 172 49.4 E Last | 309 12.5 ³ +20 40.5 ³ 104 52.7 E Magnitude of the eclipse 0.943 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4303.63 " Angular radius of the umbra 2319.53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ³ ³ ³ ³Magnitudes of³³ ³ ³ ³ |Magnitudes of T ³ s ³ d ³ P ³ penumbral ³³ T ³ s ³ d ³ P ³ penumbral ³ ³ ³ ³ eclipse ³³ ³ ³ ³ ³ eclipse -----+-----+------+------+-------------++-----+-----+------+------+------------- h m³ "³ ³ ø ³ ³³ h m³ "³ ³ ø ³ 12 10³ 5234³ 2.256³ 55.0³ - ³³14 50³ 3549³ 1.530³ 359.8³ 0.928 20³ 5037³ 2.171³ 52.9³ 0.085 ³³ ³ ³ ³ ³ 30³ 4847³ 2.089³ 50.7³ 0.193 ³³15 00³ 3594³ 1.549³ 355.5³ 0.902 40³ 4664³ 2.011³ 48.2³ 0.296 ³³ 10³ 3659³ 1.577³ 351.3³ 0.865 50³ 4491³ 1.936³ 45.6³ 0.394 ³³ 20³ 3742³ 1.613³ 347.3³ 0.818 ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ 30³ 3843³ 1.657³ 343.5³ 0.761 13 00³ 4328³ 1.866³ 42.8³ 0.486 ³³ 40³ 3959³ 1.707³ 339.9³ 0.695 10³ 4176³ 1.800³ 39.8³ 0.572 ³³ 50³ 4090³ 1.763³ 336.6³ 0.621 20³ 4037³ 1.740³ 36.6³ 0.651 ³³ ³ ³ ³ ³ 30³ 3911³ 1.686³ 33.1³ 0.722 ³³16 00³ 4235³ 1.826³ 333.4³ 0.539 40³ 3801³ 1.639³ 29.4³ 0.785 ³³ 10³ 4391³ 1.893³ 330.5³ 0.450 50³ 3707³ 1.598³ 25.5³ 0.838 ³³ 20³ 4558³ 1.965³ 327.7³ 0.356 ³ ³ ³ ³ ³³ 30³ 4735³ 2.041³ 325.2³ 0.256 14 00³ 3631³ 1.565³ 21.5³ 0.881 ³³ 40³ 4921³ 2.121³ 322.9³ 0.151 10³ 3574³ 1.541³ 17.3³ 0.914 ³³ 50³ 5114³ 2.204³ 320.7³ 0.041 20³ 3537³ 1.525³ 12.9³ 0.935 ³³ ³ ³ ³ ³ 30³ 3520³ 1.518³ 8.5³ 0.944 ³³17 00³ 5313³ 2.290³ 318.7³ - 40³ 3524³ 1.519³ 4.1³ 0.942 ³³ ³ ³ ³ ³ 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.