   Instant of          06:28:43 TDT     JD = 2443783.77000 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=06:27:54 UT)

Gamma = 1.1617             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.6905             Lunation No. = -263 
     Eclipse Type = P                  Saros Series = 153 
                                                 ΔT = 49.3 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:   1978 Oct 02    6.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.1105520  1.1839030 -3.4497399  0.5576620  0.0114670 272.619263 
  1   0.5053090 -0.1608604 -0.0157600 -0.0000995 -0.0000990  15.004540 
  2   0.0000146 -0.0000393  0.0000010 -0.0000107 -0.0000107   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000065  0.0000020  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046721        tan f2 = 0.0046488 

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:  06:27:54 UT

Latitude:   72.0° N      Sun’s Altitude:     0.0°          Path Width = 0.0 km
Longitude: 159.6° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    258.7°    Central Duration = 00m00s 
