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Eclipses During 1996

by Fred Espenak

Published in Observer's Handbook 1996, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
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                                      Table 1

                 Crater Immersion and Emersion Times for the 
                     Total Lunar Eclipse of 1996 April 4

                 UT of                           UT of
               Immersion    Crater Name        Emersion    Crater Name

                 22:29      Grimaldi            12:58      Grimaldi
                 22:29      Aristarchus         13:03      Billy
                 22:35      Kepler              13:10      Aristarchus
                 22:37      Billy               13:11      Campanus
                 22:41      Pytheas             13:11      Kepler
                 22:43      Copernicus          13:16      Tycho
                 22:43      Plato               13:20      Copernicus
                 22:43      Timocharis          13:21      Pytheas
                 22:52      Campanus            13:25      Timocharis
                 22:52      Aristoteles         13:28      Plato
                 22:53      Eudoxus             13:36      Manilius
                 22:56      Manilius            13:37      Aristoteles
                 22:59      Menelaus            13:37      Eudoxus
                 23:02      Plinius             13:40      Menelaus
                 23:03      Dionysius           13:40      Dionysius
                 23:04      Tycho               13:43      Plinius
                 23:11      Proclus             13:50      Goclenius
                 23:14      Taruntius           13:52      Proclus
                 23:17      Goclenius           13:52      Taruntius
                 23:21      Langrenus           13:54      Langrenus

Predictions include a 2% enlargement of the umbral shadow due to Earth's atmosphere.

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                                      Table 3

                 Crater Immersion and Emersion Times for the 
                  Total Lunar Eclipse of  1996 September 27

                 UT of                          UT of
               Immersion   Crater Name        Emersion    Crater Name

                 1:17      Grimaldi             3:37      Aristarchus
                 1:18      Billy                3:37      Grimaldi
                 1:23      Campanus             3:43      Kepler
                 1:29      Tycho                3:44      Billy
                 1:29      Kepler               3:46      Plato
                 1:34      Aristarchus          3:48      Pytheas
                 1:36      Copernicus           3:50      Timocharis
                 1:41      Pytheas              3:51      Copernicus
                 1:46      Timocharis           3:55      Campanus
                 1:50      Dionysius            3:56      Aristoteles
                 1:51      Manilius             3:58      Eudoxus
                 1:54      Menelaus             4:04      Tycho
                 1:57      Plinius              4:05      Manilius
                 1:58      Goclenius            4:08      Menelaus
                 2:00      Plato                4:12      Dionysius
                 2:03      Taruntius            4:12      Plinius
                 2:03      Langrenus            4:22      Proclus
                 2:04      Eudoxus              4:25      Taruntius
                 2:06      Proclus              4:26      Goclenius
                 2:07      Aristoteles          4:32      Langrenus

Predictions include a 2% enlargement of the umbral shadow due to Earth's atmosphere.

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Last revised: 1997 Sep 1 - F. Espenak