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 at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, December 15, 1982, with a magnitude of 0.735. 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 (on December 18, 1982), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

Contents

This was the last of four partial solar eclipses in 1982, with the others occurring on January 25, June 21, and July 20.

Eclipses in 1982

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 122

Inex

Triad

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]

The 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
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117 June 21, 1982
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Partial
−1.2102122 December 15, 1982
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Partial
1.1293
127 June 11, 1983
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Total
−0.4947132 December 4, 1983
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Annular
0.4015
137 May 30, 1984
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Annular
0.2755142
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Partial in Gisborne,
New Zealand
November 22, 1984
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Total
−0.3132
147 May 19, 1985
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Partial
1.072152 November 12, 1985
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Total
−0.9795

Saros 122

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 122, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 17, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from July 12, 1135 through August 3, 1171; hybrid eclipses on August 13, 1189 and August 25, 1207; and annular eclipses from September 4, 1225 through October 10, 1874. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 17, 2235. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 9 at 1 minutes, 25 seconds on July 12, 1135, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 50 at 6 minutes, 28 seconds on October 10, 1874. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [2]

Series members 46–68 occur between 1801 and 2200:
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August 28, 1802
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September 7, 1820
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September 18, 1838
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September 29, 1856
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October 10, 1874
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October 20, 1892
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November 2, 1910
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November 12, 1928
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November 23, 1946
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December 4, 1964
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December 15, 1982
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December 25, 2000
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January 6, 2019
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January 16, 2037
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January 27, 2055
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February 7, 2073
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February 18, 2091
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March 1, 2109
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March 13, 2127
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March 23, 2145
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April 3, 2163
6768
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April 14, 2181
Saros122 68van70 SE2199Apr25P.jpg
April 25, 2199

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.

21 eclipse events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 22May 9–11February 26–27December 14–15October 2–3
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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May 9, 2032
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February 27, 2036
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December 15, 2039
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October 3, 2043
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July 22, 2047

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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March 25, 1819
(Saros 107)
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February 23, 1830
(Saros 108)
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January 22, 1841
(Saros 109)
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November 21, 1862
(Saros 111)
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August 20, 1895
(Saros 114)
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July 21, 1906
(Saros 115)
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June 19, 1917
(Saros 116)
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May 19, 1928
(Saros 117)
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April 19, 1939
(Saros 118)
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March 18, 1950
(Saros 119)
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February 15, 1961
(Saros 120)
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January 16, 1972
(Saros 121)
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December 15, 1982
(Saros 122)
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November 13, 1993
(Saros 123)
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October 14, 2004
(Saros 124)
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September 13, 2015
(Saros 125)
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August 12, 2026
(Saros 126)
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July 13, 2037
(Saros 127)
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June 11, 2048
(Saros 128)
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May 11, 2059
(Saros 129)
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April 11, 2070
(Saros 130)
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March 10, 2081
(Saros 131)
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February 7, 2092
(Saros 132)
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January 8, 2103
(Saros 133)
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December 8, 2113
(Saros 134)
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November 6, 2124
(Saros 135)
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October 7, 2135
(Saros 136)
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September 6, 2146
(Saros 137)
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August 5, 2157
(Saros 138)
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July 5, 2168
(Saros 139)
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June 5, 2179
(Saros 140)
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May 4, 2190
(Saros 141)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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April 14, 1809
(Saros 116)
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March 25, 1838
(Saros 117)
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March 6, 1867
(Saros 118)
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February 13, 1896
(Saros 119)
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January 24, 1925
(Saros 120)
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January 5, 1954
(Saros 121)
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December 15, 1982
(Saros 122)
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November 25, 2011
(Saros 123)
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November 4, 2040
(Saros 124)
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October 15, 2069
(Saros 125)
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September 25, 2098
(Saros 126)
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September 6, 2127
(Saros 127)
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August 16, 2156
(Saros 128)
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July 26, 2185
(Saros 129)

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