   Instant of          20:38:34 TDT     JD = 1814989.36000 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=18:24:17 UT)

Gamma = -0.9476            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9702             Lunation No. = -21556 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 63 
                                                 ΔT = 8057.0 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:   257 Mar 03   21.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.6188750 -0.7425980 -6.6724300  0.5559920  0.0098050 131.691498 
  1   0.4700246  0.2543623  0.0152790 -0.0001291 -0.0001285  15.004060 
  2  -0.0000296  0.0000765  0.0000010 -0.0000109 -0.0000109   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000061 -0.0000035  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046774        tan f2 = 0.0046541 

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 =  21.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  18:24:17 UT

Latitude:   60.2° S      Sun’s Altitude:    18.1°          Path Width = 334.8 km
Longitude:  27.9° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    289.0°    Central Duration = 02m03s 
