Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982
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. Occurring only 2.7 days before apogee (Apogee on December 18, 1982), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1293 |
Magnitude | 0.735 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 65.3°N 56.9°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 9:32:09 |
References | |
Saros | 122 (56 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9471 |
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 1982–1985 | ||||||
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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 |
106 | 108 | 110 | 112 | 114 |
July 21, 1952 | May 10, 1956 | February 26, 1960 | December 16, 1963 | October 3, 1967 |
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.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC