   Instant of          05:36:46 TDT     JD = 1407554.73400 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=23:16:13 UT)

Gamma = -0.2170            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9797             Lunation No. = -35353 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 50 
                                                 ΔT = 22832.6 s

Lunar Radius   k1 = 0.272488 (Penumbra)        Shift in      Δb =  0.00"
 Constants:    k2 = 0.272281 (Umbra)       Lunar Position:   Δl =  0.00"


Polynomial Besselian Elements for:   -859 Sep 04    6.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.0856680 -0.2874960 10.7547998  0.5564550  0.0102660 270.045898 
  1   0.4763215 -0.2435237 -0.0144530  0.0001136  0.0001131  15.003090 
  2  -0.0000497 -0.0000397 -0.0000030 -0.0000110 -0.0000109   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000062  0.0000034  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046895        tan f2 = 0.0046662 

At time t1 (decimal hours), each Besselian element is evaluated by:

a = a0 + a1*t + a2*t2 + a3*t3  

where: a = x, y, d, l1, l2, or μ; t = t1 - t0 (decimal hours), and t0 =   6.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  23:16:13 UT

Latitude:    0.4° S      Sun’s Altitude:    77.5°          Path Width = 73.8 km
Longitude: 174.5° W      Sun’s Azimuth:     26.6°    Central Duration = 02m07s 
