Partial lunar eclipse of 2023, October 28 The beginning of the eclipse is visible from Eurasia, Australia, Africa, Madagascar, Greenland, the West Pacific, the Indian, Arctic and the North At- lantic Oceans. The end of the eclipse is visible from Eurasia, except the extreme east, Africa, Madagascar, Greenland, eastern America, the Indian, Atlantic and Arc- tic oceans. Universal time of geocentric opposition h m s in right ascension 2023, October 28, 21 01 39.5 Sun Moon h m s h m s Right ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 11 33.526 2 11 33.526 s s Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 9.664 +133.818 ø ' " ø ' " Declination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -13 14 50.15 +14 16 52.00 " " Hourly motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . -49.99 +894.64 " ' " Equatorial horizontal parallax . . . . . . 8.85 59 17.79 ' " ' " Apparent semidiameter . . . . . . . . . . 16 05.88 16 09.48 Circumstances of the Eclipse Position Angles of the Moon's axis h m o Moon enters penumbra . . . . . . . October 28, 17 59.7 341.62 Moon enters umbra . . . . . . . . 19 34.4 341.80 Greatest eclipse . . . . . . . . . 20 14.0 341.89 Moon leaves umbra . . . . . . . . 20 53.1 341.97 Moon leaves penumbra . . . . . . . 22 28.1 342.17 -------------------------------------------- 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 20.2 ³ +14 00.5 ³ 61 35.9 E Last | 175 55.3 ³ +14 20.3 ³ 42 35.6 E Magnitude of the eclipse 0.130 " Angular radius of the penumbra 4623.92 " Angular radius of the umbra 2654.15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | |Magnitudes of I | | | |Magnitudes of T | s | d | P |--------------I T | s | d | P |------------- | | | |umbral| penum.I | | | |umbral| penum. | | | eclipse|eclipseI | | | eclipse|eclipse -----+-----+------+------+------+-------+-----+-----+------+------+------+------ h m| "| | o | | I h m| "| | o | | 18 00| 5621| 2.115| 101.6| - | - I20 20| 3374| 1.271| 157.5| 0.129| 1.144 10| 5359| 2.016| 103.8| - | 0.123 I 30| 3406| 1.283| 163.1| 0.112| 1.128 20| 5104| 1.921| 106.1| - | 0.254 I 40| 3469| 1.307| 168.5| 0.079| 1.095 30| 4859| 1.829| 108.7| - | 0.380 I 50| 3562| 1.343| 173.7| 0.031| 1.047 40| 4625| 1.741| 111.6| - | 0.501 I | | | | | 50| 4404| 1.658| 114.7| - | 0.614 I21 00| 3683| 1.388| 178.6| - | 0.985 | | | | | I 10| 3829| 1.443| 183.2| - | 0.909 19 00| 4198| 1.580| 118.2| - | 0.721 I 20| 3997| 1.507| 187.4| - | 0.822 10| 4009| 1.509| 122.0| - | 0.818 I 30| 4185| 1.578| 191.2| - | 0.725 20| 3839| 1.446| 126.2| - | 0.905 I 40| 4390| 1.655| 194.7| - | 0.620 30| 3691| 1.390| 130.8| - | 0.981 I 50| 4610| 1.738| 197.9| - | 0.506 40| 3569| 1.344| 135.6| 0.029| 1.044 I | | | | | 50| 3474| 1.308| 140.8| 0.078| 1.093 I22 00| 4842| 1.826| 200.7| - | 0.386 | | | | | I 10| 5086| 1.918| 203.3| - | 0.261 20 00| 3409| 1.284| 146.3| 0.111| 1.127 I 20| 5338| 2.013| 205.7| - | 0.130 10| 3375| 1.272| 151.8| 0.128| 1.144 I 30| 5599| 2.112| 207.8| - | - T - universal time ( TDT - UT1 = 70.0s); 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.