A partial lunar eclipse took place on Monday, June 15, 1992, the first of two

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 ...

s in 1992, the second being with a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday, December 9.

Visibility

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

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 total solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 127 Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon ...

Tritos series

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1981 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2003

Tzolkinex

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 28, 1999

References

External links

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