   Instant of          07:57:40 TDT     JD = 1068218.83200 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=20:26:59 UT)

Gamma = -0.6041            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9980             Lunation No. = -46844 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 26 
                                                 ΔT = 41440.9 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:   -1788 Aug 16    8.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.1928470 -0.5728700 18.8783798  0.5504210  0.0042620 299.709778 
  1   0.5112293 -0.1924149 -0.0101210  0.0001232  0.0001226  15.000450 
  2  -0.0000525 -0.0000849 -0.0000050 -0.0000114 -0.0000113   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000071  0.0000028  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046752        tan f2 = 0.0046519 

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 =   8.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  20:26:59 UT

Latitude:   16.2° S      Sun’s Altitude:    52.7°          Path Width = 8.7 km
Longitude: 138.8° W      Sun’s Azimuth:     20.3°    Central Duration = 00m12s 
