Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982

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Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma -1.2311
Magnitude 0.5663
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 69°18′S91°42′W / 69.3°S 91.7°W / -69.3; -91.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:42:53
References
Saros 150 (15 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9468

A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 25, 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.

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Eclipses in 1982

Solar eclipses of 1979–1982

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] There were 8 solar eclipses between February 26, 1979 and July 20, 1982. Were there: February 26, 1979 (total solar eclipse, 0.8 days after perigee, 103.9%, 0.89811 gamma, saros 120), August 22, 1979 (small annular solar eclipse, 0.6 days before apogee, 93.3%, -0.96319 gamma, saros 125), February 16, 1980 (total solar eclipse, 1 day before perigee, 104.3%, 0.22244 gamma, saros 130), August 10, 1980 (large annular solar eclipse, 5 days before apogee, 97.3%, -0.19154 gamma, saros 135), February 4, 1981 (large annular solar eclipse, 4 days before perigee, 99.4%, -0.48375 gamma, saros 140), July 31, 1981 (total solar eclipse, 3.8 days after perigee, 102.6%, 0.57917 gamma, saros 145), January 25, 1982 (moderate partial solar eclipse, 4.7 days after apogee, 56.6%, -1.23110 gamma, saros 150) and July 20, 1982 (small partial solar eclipse, 0.9 days after perigee, 46.4%, 1.28859 gamma, saros 155).

Solar eclipse series sets from 1979–1982
Descending node Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
120 SE1979Feb26T.png
1979 February 26
Total
0.89811125 SE1979Aug22A.png
1979 August 22
Annular
-0.96319
130 SE1980Feb16T.png
1980 February 16
Total
0.22244135 SE1980Aug10A.png
1980 August 10
Annular
-0.19154
140 SE1981Feb04A.png
1981 February 4
Annular
-0.48375145 SE1981Jul31T.png
1981 July 31
Total
0.57917
150 SE1982Jan25P.png
1982 January 25
Partial
-1.23110155 SE1982Jul20P.png
1982 July 20
Partial
1.28859
Partial solar eclipses on June 21, 1982 and December 15, 1982 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 150

It is a part of Saros cycle 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522.

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).

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References

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