   Instant of          17:03:55 TDT     JD = 1809791.21100 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=14:47:22 UT)

Gamma = -0.9438            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0246             Lunation No. = -21732 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 65 
                                                 ΔT = 8192.8 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:   242 Dec 09   17.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.0333040 -0.9439350 -23.0960102  0.5410790 -0.0050340  75.938950 
  1   0.5773292  0.0026035 -0.0039300  0.0000650  0.0000647  14.996580 
  2  -0.0000086  0.0002300  0.0000060 -0.0000129 -0.0000128   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000096 -0.0000002  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047579        tan f2 = 0.0047342 

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 =  17.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  14:47:22 UT

Latitude:   85.7° S      Sun’s Altitude:    18.8°          Path Width = 260.7 km
Longitude: 134.1° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    183.2°    Central Duration = 01m19s 
