solar eclipse of January 25, 1982

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| previous = Solar eclipse of July 31, 1981

| next = Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, January 25, 1982,{{cite web|title=January 25, 1982 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1982-january-25|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=9 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.5663. 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.

This was the first of four partial solar eclipses in 1982, with the others occurring on June 21, July 20, and December 15.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and New Zealand.

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.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 1982 Jan 25|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1982Jan25Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=9 August 2024}}

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|+January 25, 1982 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 1982 January 25 at 02:50:39.8 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 1982 January 25 at 04:21:56.3 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 1982 January 25 at 04:42:53.2 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 1982 January 25 at 04:56:48.6 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 1982 January 25 at 06:35:11.3 UTC

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|+January 25, 1982 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.56631

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.45424

Gamma

| −1.23110

Sun Right Ascension

| 20h28m55.5s

Sun Declination

| -19°02'44.2"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'14.7"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.9"

Moon Right Ascension

| 20h29m37.5s

Moon Declination

| -20°09'51.6"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 15'03.4"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°55'15.6"

ΔT

| 52.2 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.

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|+ Eclipse season of January 1982

! January 9
Ascending node (full moon)
!! January 25
Descending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 124

Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 150