   Instant of          05:31:42 TDT     JD = 2779634.73000 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=4:30:13 UT)

Gamma = -0.7801            Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-82 
Eclipse Magnitude = 0.9669             Lunation No. = 11110 
     Eclipse Type = A                  Saros Series = 153 
                                                 ΔT = 3689.1 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:   2898 Apr 12    6.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.5794910 -0.5789710  8.9538498  0.5585170  0.0123170 269.859772 
  1   0.4710681  0.2426642  0.0146010  0.0000997  0.0000993  15.003440 
  2  -0.0000148 -0.0000278 -0.0000020 -0.0000107 -0.0000107   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000059 -0.0000032  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046844        tan f2 = 0.0046610 

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 =   6.000 TDT.


Circumstances at Greatest Eclipse:  4:30:13 UT

Latitude:   36.2° S      Sun’s Altitude:    38.5°          Path Width = 185.5 km
Longitude: 138.9° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    326.0°    Central Duration = 03m06s 
