   Instant of          02:07:11 TDT     JD = 2451047.58800 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=02:6:8 UT)

Gamma = -0.2644            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9734             Lunation No. = -17 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 135 
                                                 ΔT = 63.3 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:   1998 Aug 22    2.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.1274310 -0.2400000 11.8928499  0.5580970  0.0119000 209.244568 
  1   0.5067743 -0.1323568 -0.0136370  0.0001075  0.0001070  15.003850 
  2  -0.0000270 -0.0000520 -0.0000030 -0.0000104 -0.0000103   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000063  0.0000016  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046229        tan f2 = 0.0045999 

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 =   2.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  02:6:8 UT

Latitude:    3.0° S      Sun’s Altitude:    74.6°          Path Width = 98.7 km
Longitude: 145.4° E      Sun’s Azimuth:     14.3°    Central Duration = 03m14s 
