Solar eclipse of June 30, 1992

Solar eclipse of June 30, 1992
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.7512
Magnitude	1.0592
Maximum eclipse
Duration	321 sec (5 m 21 s)
Coordinates	25°12′S 9°30′W / 25.2°S 9.5°W
Max. width of band	294 km (183 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	12:11:22
References
Saros	146 (26 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9491

A total solar eclipse occurred on June 30, 1992. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Images

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1990-1992

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1990–1992
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
121	January 26, 1990 Annular		126	July 22, 1990 Total
131	January 15, 1991 Annular		136	July 11, 1991 Total
141	January 4, 1992 Annular		146	June 30, 1992 Total
151	December 24, 1992 Partial

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).

22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.
September 11-12	June 30-July 1	April 18-19	February 4-5	November 22-23
114	116	118	120	122
September 12, 1931	June 30, 1935	April 19, 1939	February 4, 1943	November 23, 1946
124	126	128	130	132
September 12, 1950	June 30, 1954	April 19, 1958	February 5, 1962	November 23, 1965
134	136	138	140	142
September 11, 1969	June 30, 1973	April 18, 1977	February 4, 1981	November 22, 1984
144	146	148	150	152
September 11, 1988	June 30, 1992	April 17, 1996	February 5, 2000	November 23, 2003
154	156
September 11, 2007	July 1, 2011

Notes

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements