January 1982 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, 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]

Total Lunar Eclipse
January 9, 1982
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series124 (47 of 74)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

Visibility

It was completely visible over Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, seen rising over North Atlantic Ocean, and setting over North Pacific Ocean.

Eclipses in 1982

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
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

See also

Notes
  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 124
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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