   Instant of          11:53:28 TDT     JD = 2666650.99500 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=11:22:21 UT)

Gamma = 0.2974             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0416             Lunation No. = 7284 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 161 
                                                 ΔT = 1866.9 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:   2588 Dec 09   12.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.0600570  0.2979450 -22.8286896  0.5396930 -0.0064130   2.108150 
  1   0.5781315  0.0056373 -0.0037690 -0.0000590 -0.0000587  14.997000 
  2   0.0000037  0.0001549  0.0000060 -0.0000129 -0.0000128   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000096 -0.0000002  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047397        tan f2 = 0.0047161 

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 =  12.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  11:22:21 UT

Latitude:    5.6° S      Sun’s Altitude:    72.7°          Path Width = 145.8 km
Longitude:   7.2° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    179.5°    Central Duration = 04m07s 
