Besselian Elements - Total Solar Eclipse of 1995 October 24

   Instant of          04:33:30 TDT     JD = 2450014.69000 
Greatest Eclipse:    (=04:32:29 UT)

            Gamma = 0.3518             Ephemerides  = VSOP87/ELP2000-85 
Eclipse Magnitude = 1.0213             Lunation No. = -52 
     Eclipse Type = T                  Saros Series = 143 
                                                 ΔT = 61.4 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:   1995 Oct 24    5.000 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          μ

  0   0.3300280  0.2763490 -11.5805702  0.5447530 -0.0013780 258.928375 
  1   0.5430518 -0.1441100 -0.0141960 -0.0001149 -0.0001143  15.002740 
  2   0.0000182  0.0000525  0.0000020 -0.0000121 -0.0000120   0.000000 
  3  -0.0000083  0.0000021  0.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000   0.000000
  
                tan f1 = 0.0047003        tan f2 = 0.0046769 

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:  04:32:29 UT

Latitude:    8.4° N      Sun’s Altitude:    69.3°          Path Width = 77.6 km
Longitude: 113.2° E      Sun’s Azimuth:    194.7°    Central Duration = 02m10s 

Links

Global Eclipse Map: 09498.gif
5MCSE Plate: 475 (PDF Document)
Eclipse Atlas: 1981 — 2000
Google Eclipse Map: 1995-10-24
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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