Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982

Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma 1.2886
Magnitude 0.4643
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 68°36′N 64°12′E / 68.6°N 64.2°E / 68.6; 64.2
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 18:44:44
References
Saros 155 (4 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9469

A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 20, 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 1979-1982

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1979 to 1982
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
120
February 26, 1979
Total
125
August 22, 1979
Annular
130
February 16, 1980
Total
135
August 10, 1980
Annular
140
February 4, 1981
Annular
145
July 31, 1981
Total
150
January 25, 1982
Partial
155
July 20, 1982
Partial
Partial solar eclipses on June 21, 1982 and December 15, 1982 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

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