Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992

The partial solar eclipse of December 24, 1992 was observed in Northeast Asia and the North Pacific. However, this was done on the Asian mainland, with the exception of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the early morning during sunrise. In Japan, however, the full eclipse process could be observed in the morning hours. During seen more than 60 percent of the solar disk were covered by the moon of the northern main island of Hokkaido from, there were only one-third on the southern main island of Kyushu. An observation during the sunset offered in southwest Alaska. Also noteworthy is the fact that the locations of maximum eclipse the directly successive partial eclipse of December 24, 1992 and May 21, 1993 were just 300 kilometers away from each in Chukotka.

This eclipse belongs to the Saros cycle 151 young, which will include a total of 72 eclipses. Saros 151 was launched on August 14, 1776 with a small partial eclipse in North-West Canada. The first partial eclipses are 18 in the northern hemisphere of the earth. This is followed by 6 annular, 1 hybrid and 39 total solar eclipses. The final form 8 partial eclipses in Antarctica. The cycle ends on October 1, 3056th