A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, December 15, 1982, with a magnitude of 0.735. 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 last of four partial solar eclipses in 1982, with the others occurring on January 25, June 21, and July 20.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Northeast Africa, Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and Central Asia.
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.
+December 15, 1982 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1982 December 15 at 07:22:50.6 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1982 December 15 at 09:11:50.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1982 December 15 at 09:18:56.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1982 December 15 at 09:32:08.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1982 December 15 at 11:41:38.8 UTC
+December 15, 1982 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.73506 Eclipse Obscuration 0.64327 Gamma 1.12928 Sun Right Ascension 17h29m51.3s Sun Declination -23°15'36.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 17h30m31.0s Moon Declination -22°15'08.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'47.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'18.4" ΔT 52.9 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.
+ Eclipse season of December 1982 December 15Descending node (new moon) December 30Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 122 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 134
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 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 1973 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 21, 1991
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 1972 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 1993
Solar Saros 122 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 13, 1896 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 15, 2069
Solar eclipses of 1982–1985
Saros 122
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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