Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982

Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982
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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 / 68.6; 64.2
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.

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.

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