   Instant of          22:43:17 TDT     JD = 2356934.44700 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=22:43:5 UT)

Gamma = 0.6876             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9917             Lunation No. = -3204 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 118 
                                                 ΔT = 11.6 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:   1740 Dec 18   23.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.2339740  0.6646080 -23.4497795  0.5518380  0.0056720 165.594055 
  1   0.5481499 -0.0651787 -0.0006560 -0.0001241 -0.0001235  14.996270 
  2   0.0000274  0.0001370  0.0000060 -0.0000118 -0.0000117   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000079  0.0000011  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047544        tan f2 = 0.0047307 

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:  22:43:5 UT

Latitude:   19.9° N      Sun’s Altitude:    46.4°          Path Width = 39.9 km
Longitude: 156.4° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    186.6°    Central Duration = 00m53s 
