   Instant of          05:57:03 TDT     JD = 991616.74800 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=17:3:40 UT)

Gamma = -0.9045            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9806             Lunation No. = -49438 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 20 
                                                 ΔT = 46402.8 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:   -1998 Nov 25    6.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.3214670 -0.8459230 -17.2315006  0.5535830  0.0074080 272.292847 
  1   0.5074449 -0.2103702 -0.0118270  0.0001183  0.0001177  14.999730 
  2   0.0000438  0.0001553  0.0000040 -0.0000117 -0.0000116   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000072  0.0000031  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047605        tan f2 = 0.0047368 

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 =   6.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  17:3:40 UT

Latitude:   67.8° S      Sun’s Altitude:    24.8°          Path Width = 162.4 km
Longitude: 143.8° W      Sun’s Azimuth:     74.3°    Central Duration = 01m14s 
