Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Wednesday, December 23 and Thursday, December 24, 1992, with a magnitude of 0.8422. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of East Asia, Northeast Asia, and Alaska.
Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.| Event | Time |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1992 December 23 at 22:21:43.1 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1992 December 24 at 00:31:41.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1992 December 24 at 00:43:50.0 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1992 December 24 at 00:46:08.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1992 December 24 at 02:41:38.9 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.84220 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.77919 |
| Gamma | 1.07106 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 18h10m41.8s |
| Sun Declination | -23°25'00.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'15.6" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 18h10m11.4s |
| Moon Declination | -22°25'35.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'15.7" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'00.6" |
| ΔT | 59.1 s |
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.| December 9 Descending node | December 24 Ascending node |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 125 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 151 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1992
- An annular solar eclipse on January 4.
- A partial lunar eclipse on June 15.
- A total solar eclipse on June 30.
- A total lunar eclipse on December 9.
- '''A partial solar eclipse on December 24.'''
Metonic
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Tzolkinex
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Half-Saros
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- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 2001
Tritos
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Solar Saros 151
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Inex
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- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 2079