   Instant of          15:19:54 TDT     JD = 1364559.13900 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=8:25:8 UT)

Gamma = 0.8680             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0195             Lunation No. = -36809 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 26 
                                                 ΔT = 24886.0 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:   -977 Dec 17   15.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.0144680  0.8883110 -23.1487408  0.5432670 -0.0028570  45.413219 
  1   0.5599642 -0.1127476 -0.0039770 -0.0000776 -0.0000772  14.996650 
  2   0.0000467  0.0001208  0.0000060 -0.0000126 -0.0000126   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000089  0.0000019  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047528        tan f2 = 0.0047292 

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 =  15.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  8:25:8 UT

Latitude:   36.3° N      Sun’s Altitude:    29.5°          Path Width = 133.9 km
Longitude:  65.8° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    192.9°    Central Duration = 01m43s 
