   Instant of          22:15:39 TDT     JD = 1402180.42800 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=15:50:55 UT)

Gamma = 0.3373             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9845             Lunation No. = -35535 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 47 
                                                 ΔT = 23084.4 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:   -874 Dec 17   22.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.1453760  0.3359500 -23.2593002  0.5549080  0.0087270 150.311096 
  1   0.5453220  0.0049304 -0.0038540  0.0001260  0.0001254  14.996520 
  2  -0.0000134  0.0001529  0.0000060 -0.0000115 -0.0000115   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000076 -0.0000002  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047536        tan f2 = 0.0047299 

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 =  22.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  15:50:55 UT

Latitude:    3.6° S      Sun’s Altitude:    70.3°          Path Width = 58.4 km
Longitude:  58.0° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    179.5°    Central Duration = 01m49s 
