A partial

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season i ...

occurred at the Moon's

descending node An orbital node is either of the two points where an orbit intersects a plane of reference to which it is inclined. A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes. Planes of reference Common planes of referenc ...

of orbit on Wednesday, December 15, 1982, with a

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of 0.735. A

occurs when the

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passes between

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and the

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, 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. This was the last of four partial solar eclipses in 1982, with the others occurring on

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, and

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. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of

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, the

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, and

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Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

eclipse season An eclipse season is a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Eclipse seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of the Orbit of the Moon, Moon's orbital plane (orbital inclination, tilted five degrees to the ecliptic, Earth ...

, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a

fortnight A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks). The word derives from the Old English term , meaning "" (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights). Astronomy and tides In astronomy, a ''lunar fortnight'' is hal ...

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1982

* A total lunar eclipse on January 9. * A partial solar eclipse on January 25. * A partial solar eclipse on June 21. * A total lunar eclipse on July 6. * A partial solar eclipse on July 20. * A partial solar eclipse on December 15. * A total lunar eclipse on December 30.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986 A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's Lunar node, descending node of orbit on Friday, October 3, 1986, with a Magnitude of eclipse, magnitude of 1. It was a hybrid event, with only a fraction of its path as total, and longer sections at th ...

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 1990

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 1973 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 21, 1991

Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 1972 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 1993

Solar Saros 122

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000 A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, December 25, 2000 (also known as the "Christmas 2000 Solar Eclipse"), with a magnitude of 0.7228. It was the first solar eclipse to fall on Christmas since 1954 ...

Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011 A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Friday, November 25, 2011, with a magnitude of 0.9047. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image ...

Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 13, 1896 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 15, 2069

Solar eclipses of 1982–1985

Saros 122

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links

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