   Instant of          17:29:27 TDT     JD = 2450871.22900 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=17:28:24 UT)

Gamma = 0.2391             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0441             Lunation No. = -23 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 130 
                                                 ΔT = 63.0 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:   1998 Feb 26   17.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.3388480  0.1505050 -8.6094303  0.5391590 -0.0069440  71.778061 
  1   0.5544957  0.1611316  0.0152150 -0.0000521 -0.0000519  15.003130 
  2   0.0000103  0.0000494  0.0000020 -0.0000128 -0.0000128   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000092 -0.0000026  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047216        tan f2 = 0.0046981 

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 =  17.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  17:28:24 UT

Latitude:    4.7° N      Sun’s Altitude:    76.1°          Path Width = 151.3 km
Longitude:  82.7° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    164.0°    Central Duration = 04m09s 
