Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
| Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992 | |
|---|---|
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0711 |
| Magnitude | 0.8422 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 65°42′N 155°42′E / 65.7°N 155.7°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 0:31:41 |
| References | |
| Saros | 151 (13 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9492 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Wednesday, December 23 and Thursday, December 24, 1992,[1] with a magnitude of 0.8422. 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. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of East Asia, Northeast Asia, and Alaska.
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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.[2]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1992 December 23 at 22:21:43.1 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1992 December 24 at 00:31:41.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1992 December 24 at 00:43:50.0 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1992 December 24 at 00:46:08.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1992 December 24 at 02:41:38.9 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.84220 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.77919 |
| Gamma | 1.07106 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 18h10m41.8s |
| Sun Declination | -23°25'00.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'15.6" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 18h10m11.4s |
| Moon Declination | -22°25'35.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'15.7" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'00.6" |
| ΔT | 59.1 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.
| December 9 Descending node (full moon) |
December 24 Ascending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1992Dec09.png | File:SE1992Dec24P.png |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 125 |
Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 151 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1992
- An annular solar eclipse on January 4.
- A partial lunar eclipse on June 15.
- A total solar eclipse on June 30.
- A total lunar eclipse on December 9.
- A partial solar eclipse on December 24.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 20, 1983
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 2001
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003
Solar Saros 151
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2079
Solar eclipses of 1990–1992
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[3]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1990 to 1992 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | January 26, 1990 File:SE1990Jan26A.png Annular |
−0.9457 | 126 File:1990.04 Pimennys (28866343838) (cropped).jpg Partial in Finland |
July 22, 1990 File:SE1990Jul22T.png Total |
0.7597 | |
| 131 | January 15, 1991 File:SE1991Jan15A.png Annular |
−0.2727 | 136 File:Eclipse CR 1991 a zoom.jpg Totality in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica |
July 11, 1991 File:SE1991Jul11T.png Total |
−0.0041 | |
| 141 | January 4, 1992 File:SE1992Jan04A.png Annular |
0.4091 | 146 | June 30, 1992 File:SE1992Jun30T.png Total |
−0.7512 | |
| 151 | December 24, 1992 File:SE1992Dec24P.png Partial |
1.0711 | ||||
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Saros 151
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 151, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 14, 1776. It contains annular eclipses from February 28, 2101 through April 23, 2191; a hybrid eclipse on May 5, 2209; and total eclipses from May 16, 2227 through July 6, 2912. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on October 1, 3056. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth. The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 19 at 2 minutes, 44 seconds on February 28, 2101, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 60 at 5 minutes, 41 seconds on May 22, 2840. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[4]
| Series members 3–24 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 |
| File:SE1812Sep05P.gif September 5, 1812 |
File:SE1830Sep17P.gif September 17, 1830 |
File:SE1848Sep27P.gif September 27, 1848 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 |
| File:SE1866Oct08P.gif October 8, 1866 |
File:SE1884Oct19P.gif October 19, 1884 |
File:SE1902Oct31P.png October 31, 1902 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 |
| File:SE1920Nov10P.png November 10, 1920 |
File:SE1938Nov21P.png November 21, 1938 |
File:SE1956Dec02P.png December 2, 1956 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
| File:SE1974Dec13P.png December 13, 1974 |
File:SE1992Dec24P.png December 24, 1992 |
File:SE2011Jan04P.png January 4, 2011 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 |
| File:SE2029Jan14P.png January 14, 2029 |
File:SE2047Jan26P.png January 26, 2047 |
File:SE2065Feb05P.png February 5, 2065 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
| File:SE2083Feb16P.png February 16, 2083 |
File:SE2101Feb28A.png February 28, 2101 |
File:Saros151 20van72 SE2119Mar11A.jpg March 11, 2119 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
| File:Saros151 21van72 SE2137Mar21A.jpg March 21, 2137 |
File:SE2155Apr02A.png April 2, 2155 |
File:Saros151 23van72 SE2173Apr12A.jpg April 12, 2173 |
| 24 | ||
| File:SE2191Apr23A.png April 23, 2191 | ||
Metonic series
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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
Tritos series
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. The partial solar eclipses on November 16, 2134 (part of Saros 164) and October 16, 2145 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.
Inex series
This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:SE1819Apr24P.png April 24, 1819 (Saros 145) |
File:SE1848Apr03P.png April 3, 1848 (Saros 146) |
File:SE1877Mar15P.gif March 15, 1877 (Saros 147) |
| File:SE1906Feb23P.png February 23, 1906 (Saros 148) |
File:SE1935Feb03P.png February 3, 1935 (Saros 149) |
File:SE1964Jan14P.png January 14, 1964 (Saros 150) |
| File:SE1992Dec24P.png December 24, 1992 (Saros 151) |
File:SE2021Dec04T.png December 4, 2021 (Saros 152) |
File:SE2050Nov14P.png November 14, 2050 (Saros 153) |
| File:SE2079Oct24A.png October 24, 2079 (Saros 154) |
File:Saros155 11van71 SE2108Oct05T.jpg October 5, 2108 (Saros 155) |
File:Saros156 08van69 SE2137Sep15P.jpg September 15, 2137 (Saros 156) |
| File:Saros157 07van70 SE2166Aug25A.jpg August 25, 2166 (Saros 157) |
File:Saros158 08van70 SE2195Aug05T.jpg August 5, 2195 (Saros 158) |
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References
- ↑ "December 23–24, 1992 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ↑ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 1992 Dec 24". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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