Besselian Elements - Total Solar Eclipse of 1941 September 21

   Instant of          04:34:03 TDT     JD = 2430258.69000 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=04:33:38 UT)

            Gamma = 0.4649             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-85 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0379             Lunation No. = -721 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 143 
                                                 ΔT = 25.2 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:   1941 Sep 21    5.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.3757810  0.3676570  0.8680000  0.5401920 -0.0059160 256.688019 
  1   0.5402135 -0.1734784 -0.0157860 -0.0001050 -0.0001045  15.004970 
  2  -0.0000075 -0.0000310  0.0000000 -0.0000122 -0.0000122   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000085  0.0000026  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0046575        tan f2 = 0.0046343 

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:  04:33:38 UT

Latitude:   27.3° N      Sun’s Altitude:    62.1°          Path Width = 143.0 km
Longitude: 119.1° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    200.0°    Central Duration = 03m22s 

Links

Global Eclipse Map: 09378.gif
5MCSE Plate: 469 (PDF Document)
Eclipse Atlas: 1941 — 1960
Google Eclipse Map: 1941-09-21
Saros Series: 143

Source of eclipse data: Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus.

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