   Instant of          00:31:51 TDT     JD = 2078608.52200 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=00:3:49 UT)

Gamma = -0.2191            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0311             Lunation No. = -12629 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 106 
                                                 ΔT = 1682.2 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:   978 Dec 03    1.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.2198260 -0.2685230 -22.8666802  0.5424470 -0.0036720 196.505249 
  1   0.5620886 -0.1147913 -0.0040710 -0.0000892 -0.0000888  14.996700 
  2   0.0000358  0.0001827  0.0000060 -0.0000127 -0.0000127   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000091  0.0000020  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047557        tan f2 = 0.0047320 

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 =   1.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  00:3:49 UT

Latitude:   35.4° S      Sun’s Altitude:    77.2°          Path Width = 107.9 km
Longitude: 174.5° E      Sun’s Azimuth:     12.9°    Central Duration = 02m41s 
