   Instant of          08:02:30 TDT     JD = 998881.83500 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=19:17:10 UT)

Gamma = 0.5237             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0213             Lunation No. = -49192 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 2 
                                                 ΔT = 45920.2 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:   -1978 Oct 16    8.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.2369990  0.4676510 -2.5555699  0.5444500 -0.0016800 301.680634 
  1   0.4950068 -0.2797274 -0.0164250 -0.0000902 -0.0000897  15.003440 
  2   0.0000078 -0.0000162  0.0000010 -0.0000125 -0.0000124   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000077  0.0000046  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047514        tan f2 = 0.0047278 

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:  19:17:10 UT

Latitude:   24.8° N      Sun’s Altitude:    58.3°          Path Width = 84.3 km
Longitude:  94.0° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    212.6°    Central Duration = 01m47s 
