January 1982 lunar eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse January 9, 1982 | |
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(No photo) | |
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 124 (47 of 74) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | |
Partial | |
Penumbral | |
Contacts | |
P1 | UTC |
U1 | |
U2 | |
Greatest | |
U3 | |
U4 | |
P4 |
A total lunar eclipse took place on January 9 and January 10, 1982. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 18 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 33% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 24 minutes in total.[1]
Visibility[]
It was completely visible over Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, seen rising over North Atlantic Ocean, and setting over North Pacific Ocean.
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.
There were seven eclipses in 1982, the maximum possible, including 4 partial solar eclipses: January 25, July 20, June 21, and December 15.
Lunar year series[]
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1980–1984 | ||||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||||
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
109 | 1980 Jul 27 |
Penumbral |
1.41391 | 114 | 1981 Jan 20 |
Penumbral |
-1.01421 | |
119 | 1981 Jul 17 |
Partial |
0.70454 | 124 | 1982 Jan 09 |
Total |
-0.29158 | |
129 | 1982 Jul 06 |
Total |
-0.05792 | 134 | 1982 Dec 30 |
Total |
0.37579 | |
139 | 1983 Jun 25 |
Partial |
-0.81520 | 144 | 1983 Dec 20 |
Penumbral |
1.07468 | |
149 | 1984 Jun 13 |
Penumbral |
-1.52403 | |||||
Last set | 1980 Aug 26 | Last set | 1980 Mar 13 | |||||
Next set | 1984 May 15 | Next set | 1984 Nov 08 |
Half-Saros cycle[]
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 131.
January 4, 1973 | January 15, 1991 |
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See also[]
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes[]
- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 124
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links[]
- 1982 Jan 09 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- 20th-century lunar eclipses
- 1982 in science
- January 1982 events
- Lunar eclipse stubs