| Total Lunar Eclipse December 30, 1982 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 134 (25 of 73) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:00:03 |
| Partial | 3:15:53 |
| Penumbral | 5:10:34 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 8:53:27 UTC[1] |
| U1 | 9:50:48 UTC |
| U2 | 10:58:43 UTC |
| Greatest | 11:29:37 TDT[2]
11:28:44 UTC [2] |
| U3 | 11:58:46 UTC |
| U4 | 13:06:41 UTC |
| P4 | 14:04:01 UTC |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, December 30, 1982. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 1 hour 3 seconds. The Moon was 18% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and should have been significantly darkened. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 16 minutes in total.[3] This was a supermoon since perigee was on the same day. It was also a blue moon, the second full moon of December for the eastern hemisphere where the previous full moon was on December 1.[4] Since total lunar eclipses are also known as blood moons, this combination (which would not recur until January 31, 2018[4]) is known as a super blue blood moon.[4]
- ^ Fred Espenak. "Total Lunar Eclipse of 1982 Dec 30" (PDF). NASA/GSFC.
- ^ a b "Total Lunar Eclipse of 30 Dec, 1982 AD". Hermit Eclipse.
- ^ "Lunar Eclipses in Saros Series 134". Hermit Eclipse.
- ^ a b c Fazekas, Andrew (29 January 2018). "Rare 'Super Blue Blood Moon' Coming—First in 35 Years". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 29 January 2018.