December 1992 lunar eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse December 9, 1992 | |
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umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
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Gamma | 0.3144 |
Magnitude | 1.2709 |
Series (and member) |
125 (47 of 72) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 1:13:53 |
Partial | 3:28:44 |
Penumbral | 5:34:04 |
Contacts | |
P1 | 20:57:01 UTC
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U1 | 21:59:45 |
U2 | 23:07:10 |
Greatest | 23:44:06 |
U3 | 0:21:03 |
U4 | 1:28:29 |
P4 | 2:31:05 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Wednesday, December 9, 1992, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1992, the first was a partial lunar eclipse on Monday, June 15.
Visibility
It is visibly seen throughout the world including Americas (North and South America), Europe, Africa, Asia and Western Australia (including western New Guinea). The lunar eclipse was witnessed in the Philippines on the midday hours of December 10, two years after the total lunar eclipse happened on February 9, 1990.
According to Fred Espenak, this was the darkest eclipse in a decade, caused by the June 15, 1991 eruptions of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines.[1]
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 1992
- An annular solar eclipse (ascending node) on January 4.
- A partial lunar eclipse (ascending node) on June 15.
- A total solar eclipse (descending node) on June 30.
- A total lunar eclipse (descending node) on December 9.
- A partial solar eclipse (ascending node) on December 24.
Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991–1994 | ||||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
110 | 1991 Jun 27 |
Penumbral |
−1.40641 | 115 | 1991 Dec 21 |
Partial |
0.97094 | |
120 | 1992 Jun 15 |
Partial |
−0.62887 | 125 |
1992 Dec 9 |
Total |
0.31438 | |
130 | 1993 Jun 4 |
Total |
0.16376 | 135 |
1993 Nov 29 |
Total |
−0.39941 | |
140 | 1994 May 25 |
Partial |
0.89334 | 145 | 1994 Nov 18 |
Penumbral |
−1.10479 | |
Last set | 1991 Jul 26 | Last set | 1991 Jan 30 | |||||
Next set | 1995 Apr 15 | Next set | 1995 Oct 08 |
Saros series
Lunar
This is the 17th of 26 total lunar eclipses in series 125. The previous occurrence was on November 29, 1974 and the next will occur on December 21, 2010.
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[3] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.
December 4, 1983 | December 14, 2001 |
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Tritos series
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of January 9, 1982
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of November 9, 2003
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of October 7, 1949
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 1963
See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- ^ Totality - 1992 Dec
- ^ Listing of Eclipses of cycle 125
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1992 Dec 09 chart Eclipse Predictions by GSFC
- Lunar Eclipse Photo Gallery 1 1982 - 1993 Photographs by Fred Espenak