   Instant of          23:22:39 TDT     JD = 2304428.47400 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=23:20:39 UT)

Gamma = 0.1878             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9788             Lunation No. = -4982 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 123 
                                                 ΔT = 119.9 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:   1597 Mar 17   23.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.2677400  0.0655800 -1.0592700  0.5566400  0.0104500 162.872299 
  1   0.4665486  0.2606284  0.0158170  0.0001224  0.0001218  15.004310 
  2  -0.0000076 -0.0000047  0.0000000 -0.0000109 -0.0000109   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000060 -0.0000036  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046893        tan f2 = 0.0046660 

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 =  23.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  23:20:39 UT

Latitude:    8.4° N      Sun’s Altitude:    79.1°          Path Width = 76.6 km
Longitude: 173.3° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    150.6°    Central Duration = 02m08s 
