Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982
Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1293 |
Magnitude | 0.735 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 65°18′N 56°54′E / 65.3°N 56.9°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 9:32:09 |
References | |
Saros | 122 (56 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9471 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 15, 1982. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1982-1985
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]
Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 25, 1982 and July 20, 1982 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1982 to 1985 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | ![]() 1982 June 21 Partial |
−1.21017 | 122 | ![]() 1982 December 15 Partial |
1.12928 | |
127 | ![]() 1983 June 11 Total |
−0.49475 | 132 | ![]() 1983 December 4 Annular |
0.40150 | |
137 | ![]() 1984 May 30 Annular |
0.27552 | 142 Partial from Gisborne, NZ |
![]() 1984 November 22 Total |
−0.31318 | |
147 | ![]() 1985 May 19 Partial |
1.07197 | 152 | ![]() 1985 November 12 Total |
−0.97948 |
Metonic cycle
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 | ||||
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July 21–22 | May 9–11 | February 26–27 | December 14–15 | October 2–3 |
116 | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 |
![]() July 22, 1971 |
![]() May 11, 1975 |
![]() February 26, 1979 |
![]() December 15, 1982 |
![]() October 3, 1986 |
126 | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 |
![]() July 22, 1990 |
![]() May 10, 1994 |
![]() February 26, 1998 |
![]() December 14, 2001 |
![]() October 3, 2005 |
136 | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 |
![]() July 22, 2009 |
![]() May 10, 2013 |
![]() February 26, 2017 |
![]() December 14, 2020 |
![]() October 2, 2024 |
146 | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
![]() July 22, 2028 |
![]() May 9, 2032 |
![]() February 27, 2036 |
![]() December 15, 2039 |
![]() October 3, 2043 |
156 | ||||
![]() July 22, 2047 |
References
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC