   Instant of          05:38:00 TDT     JD = 2357288.73500 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=05:37:48 UT)

Gamma = -0.0024            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9434             Lunation No. = -3192 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 128 
                                                 ΔT = 11.7 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:   1741 Dec 08    6.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.1859560 -0.0406550 -22.7685795  0.5673050  0.0210620 271.903809 
  1   0.5083251 -0.1045017 -0.0040750 -0.0001042 -0.0001037  14.996700 
  2   0.0000391  0.0001525  0.0000060 -0.0000105 -0.0000104   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000061  0.0000014  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047506        tan f2 = 0.0047270 

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 =   6.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  05:37:48 UT

Latitude:   23.0° S      Sun’s Altitude:    89.7°          Path Width = 209.0 km
Longitude:  93.6° E      Sun’s Azimuth:      5.7°    Central Duration = 06m51s 
