VI. Penumbral lunar eclipse of 2016, September 16


     The beginning of the eclipse is visible from  Eurasia  (except the Western
 Europe), east of Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand,  Antarctica at co-
 ast of Indian ocean, west of Pacific, and Indian oceans.
     The end of the eclipse is visible from  Eurasia  (except the extreme east),
 Africa, west of Australia, Antarctica at coast of Indian ocean, at Indian, and
 Atlantic oceans.


                   Universal time of geocentric opposition
                                                          h  m  s
                in right ascension  2016, September 16, 18 18 37.8

                                                  Sun              Moon
                                                h  m  s          h  m  s
  Right ascension  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11 39 04.375     23 39 04.375
                                                      s                s   
     Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . .       + 8.960         +139.476
                                                ш  '  "          ш  '  "   
  Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 2 15 48.62     - 3 22 24.26 
                                                      "                "   
     Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . .       -57.93          +684.91 
                                                      "          ш  '  "   
  Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . .         8.75       1 00 06.01 
                                                   '  "             '  "   
  Apparent semidiameter  . . . . . . . . . .     15 54.75         16 22.61 
         
         
         
                         Circumstances of the Eclipse
                                                             Position Angles
                                                           of the Moon's axis
                                                        h  m        o
     Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . September 16, 16 52.9    335.20
     Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . .               18 54.4    335.16
     Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . .               20 56.1    335.13


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  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     |  29 45.8  | - 3 40.2 | 104 39.4 E  
 Last      | 294 29.8  | - 2 53.5 |  46 01.7 E 

 Magnitude of the eclipse          0.930  
                                    "     
 Angular radius of the penumbra 4661.37   
                                    "     
 Angular radius of the umbra    2713.97   


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  T  |  s  |   d  |   P  |Magnitudes of!  T  |  s  |   d  |   P  |Magnitudes of
     |     |      |      |  penumbral  !     |     |      |      |  penumbral           
-----|-----|------|------|-------------!-----|-----|------|------|-------------
  h m|    "|      |    o |             !  h m|    "|      |    o |             
16 50| 5704| 2.104|  30.4|      -      !19 00| 3810| 1.404| 339.3|    0.928    
     |     |      |      |             !   10| 3842| 1.416| 334.1|    0.912    
17 00| 5454| 2.011|  28.0|    0.090    !   20| 3905| 1.439| 329.2|    0.881    
   10| 5215| 1.923|  25.4|    0.212    !   30| 3996| 1.472| 324.4|    0.835    
   20| 4987| 1.839|  22.5|    0.328    !   40| 4114| 1.515| 319.8|    0.776    
   30| 4774| 1.760|  19.4|    0.437    !   50| 4256| 1.567| 315.5|    0.704    
   40| 4575| 1.687|  16.0|    0.537    !     |     |      |      |
   50| 4394| 1.620|  12.3|    0.629    !20 00| 4420| 1.628| 311.6|    0.621    
     |     |      |      |             !   10| 4603| 1.695| 307.9|    0.528    
18 00| 4234| 1.561|   8.2|    0.711    !   20| 4804| 1.769| 304.5|    0.426    
   10| 4095| 1.509|   3.9|    0.781    !   30| 5021| 1.849| 301.4|    0.317    
   20| 3981| 1.467| 359.3|    0.839    !   40| 5251| 1.933| 298.6|    0.200    
   30| 3894| 1.435| 354.5|    0.884    !   50| 5493| 2.022| 296.0|    0.078    
   40| 3836| 1.414| 349.5|    0.914    !     |     |      |      |
   50| 3807| 1.403| 344.4|    0.929    !21 00| 5745| 2.115| 293.6|      -      
                
   T - universal time;
   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.