Total lunar eclipse of 2015, April 4 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from the extreme east of Asia, west of Northern and the South America, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific co- ast of Antarctica, Pacific ocean. The end of the eclipse is visible from Asia, Alaska, Australia and New Zea- land, Antarctica from outside Indian ocean, Indian, and the western half Paci- fic oceans. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2015, April 4, 11 44 08.2 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 52 58.723 12 52 58.724 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 9.126 +115.378 o ' " o ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 5 40 17.45 - 5 14 54.28 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . +57.20 -543.19 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.79 54 25.73 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 15 59.60 14 49.90 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . April 4, 8 59.6 24.45 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 10 15.4 24.39 Moon enters totality . . . . . . . 11 56.1 24.32 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 12 00.3 24.31 Moon leaves totality . . . . . . . 12 04.9 24.31 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . 13 45.3 24.22 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 15 01.0 24.16 ---------------------------------------------- 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 | 133 45.7 | - 5 03.5 | 153 44.3 W Last | 260 20.1 | - 5 35.4 | 155 19.3 E Magnitude of the eclipse 1.008 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4318.35 " Angular radius of the umbra 2361.28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | 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 | | 8 50| 5458| 2.313| 122.6| - | - |12 10| 1481| 0.627| 207.5| 0.990| 2.089 | | | | | | 20| 1556| 0.659| 217.6| 0.949| 2.048 9 00| 5192| 2.200| 123.4| - | 0.006 | 30| 1673| 0.708| 226.5| 0.884| 1.983 10| 4927| 2.088| 124.3| - | 0.155 | 40| 1825| 0.773| 234.1| 0.799| 1.899 20| 4664| 1.976| 125.3| - | 0.303 | 50| 2004| 0.849| 240.4| 0.699| 1.799 30| 4402| 1.866| 126.4| - | 0.450 | | | | | | 40| 4142| 1.755| 127.7| - | 0.596 |13 00| 2204| 0.933| 245.6| 0.588| 1.687 50| 3885| 1.646| 129.1| - | 0.741 | 10| 2418| 1.024| 249.9| 0.468| 1.567 | | | | | | 20| 2645| 1.120| 253.5| 0.341| 1.440 10 00| 3630| 1.538| 130.8| - | 0.884 | 30| 2880| 1.219| 256.6| 0.209| 1.308 10| 3379| 1.432| 132.6| - | 1.025 | 40| 3122| 1.321| 259.1| 0.073| 1.173 20| 3132| 1.327| 134.8| 0.063| 1.164 | 50| 3369| 1.426| 261.3| - | 1.034 30| 2890| 1.224| 137.3| 0.199| 1.299 | | | | | | 40| 2654| 1.125| 140.3| 0.331| 1.431 |14 00| 3621| 1.532| 263.2| - | 0.893 50| 2428| 1.029| 143.9| 0.458| 1.558 | 10| 3876| 1.640| 264.8| - | 0.749 | | | | | | 20| 4134| 1.749| 266.3| - | 0.605 11 00| 2213| 0.937| 148.2| 0.578| 1.678 | 30| 4394| 1.859| 267.5| - | 0.459 10| 2013| 0.853| 153.4| 0.690| 1.790 | 40| 4657| 1.970| 268.7| - | 0.311 20| 1833| 0.776| 159.7| 0.791| 1.891 | 50| 4921| 2.082| 269.7| - | 0.163 30| 1680| 0.711| 167.2| 0.877| 1.977 | | | | | | 40| 1560| 0.661| 176.0| 0.944| 2.044 |15 00| 5186| 2.194| 270.6| - | 0.014 50| 1484| 0.628| 186.0| 0.987| 2.087 | 10| 5452| 2.307| 271.4| - | - | | | | | | 20| 5720| 2.420| 272.1| - | - 12 00| 1456| 0.617| 196.8| 1.003| 2.102 | | | | | | T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 68.0s); 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.