Table 1

ELEMENTS OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 3 NOVEMBER 1994

 
Geocentric Conjunction      13:48:07.57 TDT     J.D. = 2449660.075088
 of Sun & Moon in R.A.:   (=13:47:07.87 UT)

      Instant of            13:40:06.02 TDT     J.D. = 2449660.069514
   Greatest Eclipse:      (=13:39:06.32 UT)


Geocentric Coordinates of Sun & Moon at Greatest Eclipse (DE200/LE200):

Sun:       R.A. = 14h 33m 55.825s       Moon:     R.A. = 14h 33m 36.503s
           Dec. =-15deg-05'-51.16"                Dec. =-15deg-26'-53.71"
  Semi-Diameter =       16' 07.43"       Semi-Diameter =       16' 43.07"
    Eq.Hor.Par. =          8.87"           Eq.Hor.Par. =  1deg 01' 21.06"
     Delta R.A. =          9.863s/h         Delta R.A. =        154.292s/h
     Delta Dec. =        -46.79"/h          Delta Dec. =       -509.87"/h


Lunar Radius   k1 = 0.2725076 (Penumbra)        Shift in  Deltab =   0.0"
 Constants:    k2 = 0.2722810 (Umbra)       Lunar Position:   Æl =   0.0"

Geocentric Libration:   l =  -0.8deg       Brown Lun. No. = 1173
(Optical + Physical)    b =   0.5deg         Saros Series =  133 (44/72)
                        c =  19.7deg            Ephemeris = (DE200/LE200)

Eclipse Magnitude = 1.05351        Gamma =-0.35216    DeltaT =    59.7 s


Polynomial Besselian Elements for:    3 Nov 1994   14:00:00.0 TDT  (=t0)

  n        x          y         d          l1         l2          µ

  0   0.1125604 -0.3855728-15.1009045  0.5366173 -0.0094926 394.101532
  1   0.5687835 -0.1257806 -0.0126857 -0.0000313 -0.0000312  15.001422
  2   0.0000207  0.0001233  0.0000033 -0.0000130 -0.0000130  -0.000003
  3  -0.0000097  0.0000020

                 Tan f1 = 0.0047133    Tan f2 = 0.0046898

At time 't1' (decimal hours), each besselian element is evaluated by:

   x = x0 + x1*t + x2*t**2 + x3*t**3    (or x = Sigma[xn*t**n]; n = 0 to 3)

      where: t = t1 - t0  (decimal hours) and t0 = 17.000


Note that all times are expressed in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TDT).

       Saros Series 133:  Member 44 of 72 eclipses in series.