   Instant of          16:15:38 TDT     JD = 2374091.17800 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=16:15:22 UT)

Gamma = -0.8675            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9136             Lunation No. = -2623 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 119 
                                                 ΔT = 16.5 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:   1787 Dec 09   16.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.1257180 -0.8683220 -22.8848305  0.5744310  0.0281520  61.785858 
  1   0.5048874  0.0033260 -0.0039430  0.0000418  0.0000416  14.996610 
  2  -0.0000023  0.0001873  0.0000060 -0.0000099 -0.0000099   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000057 -0.0000001  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047510        tan f2 = 0.0047274 

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 =  16.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  16:15:22 UT

Latitude:   83.4° S      Sun’s Altitude:    29.5°          Path Width = 671.6 km
Longitude:  62.7° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    356.9°    Central Duration = 06m32s 
