A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, June 21, 1982, with a magnitude of 0.6168. 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 was the second of four partial solar eclipses in 1982, with the others occurring on January 25, July 20, and December 15.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Southern Africa.
Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+June 21, 1982 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1982 June 21 at 10:28:43.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1982 June 21 at 11:52:25.6 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1982 June 21 at 11:52:38.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1982 June 21 at 12:04:32.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1982 June 21 at 13:40:27.7 UTC
+June 21, 1982 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.61683 Eclipse Obscuration 0.53357 Gamma −1.21017 Sun Right Ascension 05h59m04.6s Sun Declination +23°26'26.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 05h59m35.7s Moon Declination +22°12'41.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'21.9" ΔT 52.5 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of June–July 1982 June 21Ascending node (new moon) July 6Descending node (full moon) July 20Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 117 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 129 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 155
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1982 A total lunar eclipse on January 9. A partial solar eclipse on January 25. A partial solar eclipse on June 21. A total lunar eclipse on July 6. A partial solar eclipse on July 20. A partial solar eclipse on December 15. A total lunar eclipse on December 30.
Metonic Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 1986
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 15, 1973 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 27, 1991
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993
Solar Saros 117 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1895 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
Solar eclipses of 1982–1985
Saros 117
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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