Solar eclipse of June 30, 1992
Solar eclipse of June 30, 1992 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.7512 |
Magnitude | 1.0592 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 321 s (5 min 21 s) |
Coordinates | 25°12′S 9°30′W / 25.2°S 9.5°W |
Max. width of band | 294 km (183 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 12:11:22 |
References | |
Saros | 146 (26 of 76) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9491 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on June 30, 1992. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1990-1992
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] This semester series contains only 7 eclipses.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1990 to 1992 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
111 | 1989 February 6 | −1.56550 | 116 | 1989 August 1 | 1.58396 | |
121 | 1990 January 26![]() Annular |
−0.94571 | 126 | 1990 July 22![]() Total |
0.75972 | |
131 | 1991 January 15![]() Annular |
−0.27275 | 136![]() From Playas del Coco |
1991 July 11![]() Total |
−0.00412 | |
141 | 1992 January 4![]() Annular |
0.40908 | 146 | 1992 June 30![]() Total |
−0.75120 | |
151 | 1992 December 24![]() Partial |
1.07106 | 156 | 1993 June 20 | −1.56439 |
Metonic series
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.
22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011. | ||||
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September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 17-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
![]() September 12, 1931 |
![]() June 30, 1935 |
![]() April 19, 1939 |
![]() February 4, 1943 |
![]() November 23, 1946 |
124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
![]() September 12, 1950 |
![]() June 30, 1954 |
![]() April 19, 1958 |
![]() February 5, 1962 |
![]() November 23, 1965 |
134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
![]() September 11, 1969 |
![]() June 30, 1973 |
![]() April 18, 1977 |
![]() February 4, 1981 |
![]() November 22, 1984 |
144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
![]() September 11, 1988 |
![]() June 30, 1992 |
![]() April 17, 1996 |
![]() February 5, 2000 |
![]() November 23, 2003 |
154 | 156 | |||
![]() September 11, 2007 |
![]() July 1, 2011 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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