A total

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Eart ...

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),

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and

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(including western

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). The lunar eclipse was witnessed in the

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on the midday hours of December 10, two years after the total lunar eclipse happened on February 9, 1990. According to

Fred Espenak Fred Espenak is a retired emeritus American astrophysicist. He worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center. He is best known for his work on eclipse predictions. He became interested in astronomy when he was 7–8 years old, and had his first tel ...

, this was the darkest eclipse in a decade, caused by the June 15, 1991 eruptions of Mount Pinatubo in the

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

Saros series

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).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 132 Saros cycle series 132 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saro ...

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

Notes

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