Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982

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Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma 1.1293
Magnitude 0.735
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 65°18′N56°54′E / 65.3°N 56.9°E / 65.3; 56.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:32:09
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. Occurring only 2.7 days before apogee (Apogee on December 18, 1982), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

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Eclipses in 1982

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
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117 SE1982Jun21P.png
1982 June 21
Partial
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1982 December 15
Partial
1.12928
127 SE1983Jun11T.png
1983 June 11
Total
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1983 December 4
Annular
0.40150
137 SE1984May30A.png
1984 May 30
Annular
0.27552142
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Partial from Gisborne, NZ
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1984 November 22
Total
-0.31318
147 SE1985May19P.png
1985 May 19
Partial
1.07197152 SE1985Nov12T.png
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
July 21–22May 9–11February 26–27December 14–15October 2–3
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July 21, 1952May 10, 1956February 26, 1960December 16, 1963October 3, 1967
116118120122124
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July 22, 1971
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May 11, 1975
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February 26, 1979
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December 15, 1982
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October 3, 1986
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July 22, 1990
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May 10, 1994
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February 26, 1998
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December 14, 2001
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October 3, 2005
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July 22, 2009
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May 10, 2013
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February 26, 2017
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December 14, 2020
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October 2, 2024
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July 22, 2028
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References

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