Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982
Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982 | |
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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 |
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.
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
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. |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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