Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992

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′N 155°42′E / 65.7°N 155.7°E / 65.7; 155.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 0:31:41
References
Saros 151 (13 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9492

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 24, 1992. 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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Solar eclipses of 1990-1992

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]

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).

References

  1. ↑ 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.


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