A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, January 25, 1982, with a magnitude of 0.5663. 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 first of four partial solar eclipses in 1982, with the others occurring on June 21, July 20, and December 15.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and New Zealand.
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.
+January 25, 1982 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1982 January 25 at 02:50:39.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1982 January 25 at 04:21:56.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1982 January 25 at 04:42:53.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1982 January 25 at 04:56:48.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1982 January 25 at 06:35:11.3 UTC
+January 25, 1982 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.56631 Eclipse Obscuration 0.45424 Gamma −1.23110 Sun Right Ascension 20h28m55.5s Sun Declination -19°02'44.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'14.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 20h29m37.5s Moon Declination -20°09'51.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'03.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'15.6" ΔT 52.2 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 January 1982 January 9Ascending node (full moon) January 25Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
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 April 7, 1978 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 18, 1973 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1991
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 26, 1895 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 24, 2068
Solar eclipses of 1979–1982
Saros 150
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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