   Instant of          17:12:18 TDT     JD = 2507717.21700 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=17:6:42 UT)

Gamma = 0.5259             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0560             Lunation No. = 1902 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 136 
                                                 ΔT = 336.0 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:   2153 Oct 17   17.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.1338110  0.5223640 -9.5140801  0.5355740 -0.0105110  78.690498 
  1   0.5178477 -0.2654886 -0.0144950 -0.0000253 -0.0000251  15.003380 
  2   0.0000246  0.0000250  0.0000020 -0.0000129 -0.0000129   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000087  0.0000046  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046885        tan f2 = 0.0046652 

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:  17:6:42 UT

Latitude:   18.8° N      Sun’s Altitude:    58.2°          Path Width = 214.4 km
Longitude:  65.7° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    208.3°    Central Duration = 04m36s 
