   Instant of          04:35:27 TDT     JD = 2618811.69100 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=04:14:8 UT)

Gamma = -0.1900            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9799             Lunation No. = 5664 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 149 
                                                 ΔT = 1279.1 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:   2457 Dec 17    5.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.2338230 -0.1746980 -23.3082008  0.5563810  0.0101920 256.185822 
  1   0.5403575  0.0364277 -0.0014720 -0.0001296 -0.0001289  14.996450 
  2  -0.0000027  0.0001741  0.0000060 -0.0000114 -0.0000113   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000074 -0.0000006  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047474        tan f2 = 0.0047238 

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 =   5.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  04:14:8 UT

Latitude:   34.4° S      Sun’s Altitude:    78.9°          Path Width = 73.0 km
Longitude: 116.2° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    355.8°    Central Duration = 02m04s 
