   Instant of          23:03:15 TDT     JD = 1004787.46100 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=10:24:25 UT)

Gamma = -0.8949            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9893             Lunation No. = -48992 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 20 
                                                 ΔT = 45529.8 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:   -1962 Dec 16   23.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.2540740 -0.8586330 -22.2917309  0.5511780  0.0050150 165.760223 
  1   0.5354552 -0.1391187 -0.0062160  0.0001168  0.0001162  14.997280 
  2   0.0000357  0.0002009  0.0000060 -0.0000118 -0.0000118   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000078  0.0000022  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047479        tan f2 = 0.0047242 

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 =  23.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  10:24:25 UT

Latitude:   76.3° S      Sun’s Altitude:    26.1°          Path Width = 85.2 km
Longitude:  47.3° W      Sun’s Azimuth:     76.9°    Central Duration = 00m39s 
