A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, December 30, 1982, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1822. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring only about 10.5 hours before perigee (on December 30, 1982, at 22:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
This was a supermoon since perigee was on the same day. It was also a blue moon, the second full moon of December for the Eastern Hemisphere where the previous full moon was on December 1. Since total lunar eclipses are also known as blood moons, this combination (which would not recur until January 31, 2018) is known as a super blue blood moon. The eclipse was abnormally dark.
Visibility The eclipse was completely visible over north and northeast Asia, western and central North America, and the central Pacific Ocean, seen rising over northern Europe, much of Asia, and Australia and setting over eastern North America and western South America.
Eclipse details Shown below is a table displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. It describes various parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+December 30, 1982 Lunar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Penumbral Magnitude 2.15450 Umbral Magnitude 1.18219 Gamma 0.37579 Sun Right Ascension 18h36m44.9s Sun Declination -23°10'20.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 06h36m41.3s Moon Declination +23°33'23.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'23.7" ΔT 53.0 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, 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.
+ Eclipse season of December 1982 December 15Descending node (new moon) December 30Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 122 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 134
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: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1979 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 17, 1986
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1975 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 1990
Half-Saros Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1973 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1992
Tritos Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1972 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1993
Lunar Saros 134 Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1964 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 9, 2001
Inex Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 19, 1954 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 10, 2011
Triad Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 28, 1896 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 30, 2069
Lunar eclipses of 1980–1984
Saros 134
Tritos series
Inex series
Half-Saros cycle A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 141. December 24, 1973January 4, 1992
See also List of lunar eclipses List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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