June 1992 lunar eclipse explained

bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2	Partial Lunar Eclipse June 15, 1992
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Series	120 (57 of 84)
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Gamma	-0.6288
align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0	Magnitude	0.6822
align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2	Duration (hr:mn:sc)
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	Partial	2:59:47
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	Penumbral	5:32:10
align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2	Contacts UTC
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P1	19:19:49
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U1	20:31:49
align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0	Greatest	21:31:49
align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0	U4	22:29:22
align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0	P4	23:21:43

A partial lunar eclipse took place on Monday, June 15, 1992, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1992, the second being with a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday, December 9.

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1992

• An annular solar eclipse (ascending node) on January 4.
• A partial lunar eclipse (ascending node) on June 15.
• A total solar eclipse (descending node) on June 30.
• A total lunar eclipse (descending node) on December 9.
• A partial solar eclipse (ascending node) on December 24.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).^[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127.

Tritos series

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1981
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of May 16, 2003

Tzolkinex

• Preceded: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985
• Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 28, 1999

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

External links

• Saros cycle 120

Notes and References

1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros