Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.0711 |
Magnitude | 0.8422 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 65°42′N155°42′E / 65.7°N 155.7°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 0:31:41 |
References | |
Saros | 151 (13 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9492 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, December 24, 1992, with a magnitude of 0.8422. 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.
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]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1990 to 1992 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
121 | January 26, 1990 Annular | −0.9457 | 126 Partial in Finland | July 22, 1990 Total | 0.7597 | |
131 | January 15, 1991 Annular | −0.2727 | 136 Totality in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica | July 11, 1991 Total | −0.0041 | |
141 | January 4, 1992 Annular | 0.4091 | 146 | June 30, 1992 Total | −0.7512 | |
151 | December 24, 1992 Partial | 1.0711 |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 151, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 14, 1776. It contains annular eclipses from February 28, 2101 through April 23, 2191; a hybrid eclipse on May 5, 2209; and total eclipses from May 16, 2227 through July 6, 2912. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on October 1, 3056. 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 annularity will be produced by member 19 at 2 minutes, 44 seconds on February 28, 2101, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 60 at 5 minutes, 41 seconds on May 22, 2840. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [2]
Series members 3–24 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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3 | 4 | 5 |
September 5, 1812 | September 17, 1830 | September 27, 1848 |
6 | 7 | 8 |
October 8, 1866 | October 19, 1884 | October 31, 1902 |
9 | 10 | 11 |
November 10, 1920 | November 21, 1938 | December 2, 1956 |
12 | 13 | 14 |
December 13, 1974 | December 24, 1992 | January 4, 2011 |
15 | 16 | 17 |
January 14, 2029 | January 26, 2047 | February 5, 2065 |
18 | 19 | 20 |
February 16, 2083 | February 28, 2101 | March 11, 2119 |
21 | 22 | 23 |
March 21, 2137 | April 2, 2155 | April 12, 2173 |
24 | ||
April 23, 2191 |
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 ascending node.
22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000 | ||||
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December 24–25 | October 12 | July 31–August 1 | May 19–20 | March 7 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
December 24, 1916 | July 31, 1924 | May 19, 1928 | March 7, 1932 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
December 25, 1935 | October 12, 1939 | August 1, 1943 | May 20, 1947 | March 7, 1951 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
December 25, 1954 | October 12, 1958 | July 31, 1962 | May 20, 1966 | March 7, 1970 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
December 24, 1973 | October 12, 1977 | July 31, 1981 | May 19, 1985 | March 7, 1989 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
December 24, 1992 | October 12, 1996 | July 31, 2000 |
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.
The partial solar eclipses on November 16, 2134 (part of Saros 164) and October 16, 2145 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
Series members between 1801 and 2069 | ||||
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June 6, 1807 (Saros 134) | May 5, 1818 (Saros 135) | April 3, 1829 (Saros 136) | March 4, 1840 (Saros 137) | February 1, 1851 (Saros 138) |
December 31, 1861 (Saros 139) | November 30, 1872 (Saros 140) | October 30, 1883 (Saros 141) | September 29, 1894 (Saros 142) | August 30, 1905 (Saros 143) |
July 30, 1916 (Saros 144) | June 29, 1927 (Saros 145) | May 29, 1938 (Saros 146) | April 28, 1949 (Saros 147) | March 27, 1960 (Saros 148) |
February 25, 1971 (Saros 149) | January 25, 1982 (Saros 150) | December 24, 1992 (Saros 151) | November 23, 2003 (Saros 152) | October 23, 2014 (Saros 153) |
September 21, 2025 (Saros 154) | August 21, 2036 (Saros 155) | July 22, 2047 (Saros 156) | June 21, 2058 (Saros 157) | May 20, 2069 (Saros 158) |
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 24, 1819 (Saros 145) | April 3, 1848 (Saros 146) | March 15, 1877 (Saros 147) |
February 23, 1906 (Saros 148) | February 3, 1935 (Saros 149) | January 14, 1964 (Saros 150) |
December 24, 1992 (Saros 151) | December 4, 2021 (Saros 152) | November 14, 2050 (Saros 153) |
October 24, 2079 (Saros 154) | October 5, 2108 (Saros 155) | September 15, 2137 (Saros 156) |
August 25, 2166 (Saros 157) | August 5, 2195 (Saros 158) |
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