   Instant of          06:46:23 TDT     JD = 2553312.78200 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=06:35:31 UT)

Gamma = 0.9568             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9712             Lunation No. = 3446 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 159 
                                                 ΔT = 651.7 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:   2278 Aug 19    7.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.3516930  0.8979250 12.6906204  0.5555440  0.0093600 283.979340 
  1   0.5123091 -0.1300706 -0.0132640 -0.0001118 -0.0001113  15.003720 
  2  -0.0000188 -0.0001185 -0.0000030 -0.0000106 -0.0000105   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000065  0.0000016  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046167        tan f2 = 0.0045937 

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 =   7.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  06:35:31 UT

Latitude:   75.8° N      Sun’s Altitude:    16.3°          Path Width = 367.2 km
Longitude: 155.8° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    257.2°    Central Duration = 01m53s 
