   Instant of          17:14:11 TDT     JD = 2539256.21800 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=17:5:7 UT)

Gamma = 0.5859             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9228             Lunation No. = 2970 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 134 
                                                 ΔT = 543.8 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:   2240 Feb 23   17.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0  -0.2719280  0.5325340 -9.9705601  0.5729430  0.0266710  71.741348 
  1   0.4869545  0.1352337  0.0149230 -0.0000384 -0.0000382  15.002520 
  2   0.0000005  0.0000377  0.0000020 -0.0000099 -0.0000099   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000055 -0.0000015  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047308        tan f2 = 0.0047073 

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:  17:5:7 UT

Latitude:   24.7° N      Sun’s Altitude:    54.0°          Path Width = 356.4 km
Longitude:  83.0° W      Sun’s Azimuth:    163.2°    Central Duration = 09m41s 
