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June 1992 lunar eclipse
| Partial Lunar Eclipse June 15, 1992 | |
|---|---|
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 120 (57 of 84) |
| Gamma | -0.6288 |
| Magnitude | 0.6822 |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Partial | 2:59:47 |
| Penumbral | 5:32:10 |
| Contacts UTC | |
| P1 | 19:19:49 |
| U1 | 20:31:49 |
| Greatest | 21:31:49 |
| U4 | 22:29:22 |
| P4 | 23:21:43 |
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Monday, June 15, 1992, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1992, the second being with a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday, December 9.
Visibility edit
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.
Lunar year series edit
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1991–1994 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing | Type Chart | Gamma | |
| 110 | 1991 Jun 27 | Penumbral | −1.40641 | 115 | 1991 Dec 21 | Partial | 0.97094 | |
| 120 | 1992 Jun 15 | Partial | −0.62887 | 125 | 1992 Dec 9 | Total | 0.31438 | |
| 130 | 1993 Jun 4 | Total | 0.16376 | 135 | 1993 Nov 29 | Total | −0.39941 | |
| 140 | 1994 May 25 | Partial | 0.89334 | 145 | 1994 Nov 18 | Penumbral | −1.10479 | |
| Last set | 1991 Jul 26 | Last set | 1991 Jan 30 | |||||
| Next set | 1995 Apr 15 | Next set | 1995 Oct 08 | |||||
Half-Saros cycle edit
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127.
Tritos series edit
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1981
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2003
Tzolkinex edit
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 28, 1999
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links edit
- Saros cycle 120
- 1992 Jun 15 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC