   Instant of          21:47:18 TDT     JD = 1256595.40800 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=13:20:6 UT)

Gamma = -0.2000            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9919             Lunation No. = -40465 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 27 
                                                 ΔT = 30431.5 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:   -1272 May 15   22.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.1838780 -0.1373010 15.7138395  0.5528580  0.0066870 152.438934 
  1   0.4861347  0.2151468  0.0118510 -0.0001176 -0.0001170  15.003140 
  2   0.0000467 -0.0000757 -0.0000030 -0.0000106 -0.0000106   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000062 -0.0000029  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0045940        tan f2 = 0.0045711 

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:  13:20:6 UT

Latitude:    5.2° N      Sun’s Altitude:    78.5°          Path Width = 29.0 km
Longitude:  17.5° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    336.9°    Central Duration = 00m52s 
