Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982

Solar eclipse of December 15, 1982
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.1293
Magnitude	0.735
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	65°18′N 56°54′E / 65.3°N 56.9°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	9:32:09
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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1982-1985

Each member 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.

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
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
117	June 21, 1982 Partial		122	December 15, 1982 Partial
127	June 11, 1983 Total		132	December 4, 1983 Annular
137	May 30, 1984 Annular		142	November 22, 1984 Total
147	May 19, 1985 Partial		152	November 12, 1985 Total

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).

21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047 

July 21-22	May 9-11	February 26-27	December 14-15	October 2-3
116	118	120	122	124
July 22, 1971	May 11, 1975	February 26, 1979	December 15, 1982	October 3, 1986
126	128	130	132	134
July 22, 1990	May 10, 1994	February 26, 1998	December 14, 2001	October 3, 2005
136	138	140	142	144
July 22, 2009	May 10, 2013	February 26, 2017	December 14, 2020	October 2, 2024
146	148	150	152	154
July 22, 2028	May 9, 2032	February 27, 2036	December 15, 2039	October 3, 2043
156
July 22, 2047

References

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements