Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992

Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.0711
Magnitude	0.8422
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	65°42′N 155°42′E / 65.7°N 155.7°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	0:31:41
References
Saros	151 (13 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9492

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 24, 1992. 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.

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Related eclipses[edit]

Eclipses of 1992[edit]

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.

Solar eclipses of 1990–1992[edit]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.^[1] This semester series contains only 7 eclipses.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1990 to 1992
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
111	1989 February 6	−1.56550	116	1989 August 1	1.58396
121	1990 January 26 Annular	−0.94571	126	1990 July 22 Total	0.75972
131	1991 January 15 Annular	−0.27275	136 From Playas del Coco	1991 July 11 Total	−0.00412
141	1992 January 4 Annular	0.40908	146	1992 June 30 Total	−0.75120
151	1992 December 24 Partial	1.07106	156	1993 June 20	−1.56439

Metonic series[edit]

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000
December 24–25	October 12–13	July 31-Aug 1	May 18–20	March 7–8
91	93	95	97	99
December 23, 1878	October 12, 1882	July 31, 1886	May 18, 1890	March 7, 1894
101	103	105	107	109
December 23, 1897	October 12, 1901	August 1, 1905	May 19, 1909	March 8, 1913
111	113	115	117	119
December 24, 1916	October 12, 1920	July 31, 1924	May 19, 1928	March 7, 1932
121	123	125	127	129
December 25, 1935	October 12, 1939	August 1, 1943	May 20, 1947	March 7, 1951
131	133	135	137	139
December 25, 1954	October 12, 1958	July 31, 1962	May 20, 1966	March 7, 1970
141	143	145	147	149
December 24, 1973	October 12, 1977	July 31, 1981	May 19, 1985	March 7, 1989
151	153	155	157	159
December 24, 1992	October 12, 1996	July 31, 2000	May 19, 2004	March 7, 2008
161	163	165	167	169
December 24, 2011	October 13, 2015	August 1, 2019	May 19, 2023	March 8, 2027