   Instant of          12:26:52 TDT     JD = 2297489.01900 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=12:24:42 UT)

Gamma = -0.5120            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9335             Lunation No. = -5217 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 113 
                                                 ΔT = 130.0 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:   1578 Mar 08   12.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.0516770 -0.5577480 -0.9992500  0.5696750  0.0234210 357.879120 
  1   0.4428406  0.2476082  0.0158470  0.0000533  0.0000530  15.004270 
  2  -0.0000122  0.0000241  0.0000000 -0.0000099 -0.0000099   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000049 -0.0000029  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046892        tan f2 = 0.0046658 

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 =  12.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  12:24:42 UT

Latitude:   27.7° S      Sun’s Altitude:    59.0°          Path Width = 283.5 km
Longitude:  12.3° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    326.8°    Central Duration = 07m01s 
