| bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2 | Total Lunar Eclipse December 9, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center colspan=2 | The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 0.3144 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 1.2709 | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0d0e0 | 125 (47 of 72) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#c0b0e0 colspan=2 | Duration (hr:mn:sc) | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | Totality | 1:13:53 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | Partial | 3:28:44 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | Penumbral | 5:34:04 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0d0e0 colspan=2 | Contacts | ||
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P1 | 20:57:01 UTC | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U1 | 21:59:45 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U2 | 23:07:10 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#a0a0e0 | Greatest | 23:44:06 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#b0a0e0 | U3 | 0:21:03 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0a0e0 | U4 | 1:28:29 | |
| align=center bgcolor=#d0d0e0 | P4 | 2:31:05 |
It is visibly seen throughout the world including Americas (North and South America), Europe, Africa, Asia and Western Australia (including western New Guinea). The lunar eclipse was witnessed in the Philippines on the midday hours of December 10, two years after the total lunar eclipse happened on February 9, 1990.
According to Fred Espenak, this was the darkest eclipse in a decade, caused by the June 15, 1991 eruptions of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines.[1]
This is the 17th of 26 total lunar eclipses in series 125. The previous occurrence was on November 29, 1974 and the next will occur on December 21, 2010.
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.