   Instant of          04:50:38 TDT     JD = 1881373.70200 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=3:5:55 UT)

Gamma = 0.4981             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0357             Lunation No. = -19308 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 78 
                                                 ΔT = 6282.9 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:   438 Dec 03    5.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.2010280  0.4646310 -22.4960194  0.5408020 -0.0053100 256.629913 
  1   0.5624776 -0.1312092 -0.0052040 -0.0000634 -0.0000631  14.996930 
  2   0.0000368  0.0001383  0.0000060 -0.0000129 -0.0000129   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000093  0.0000023  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047577        tan f2 = 0.0047340 

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 =   5.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  3:5:55 UT

Latitude:    6.7° N      Sun’s Altitude:    60.1°          Path Width = 137.9 km
Longitude: 138.5° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    192.2°    Central Duration = 03m27s 
