August 1989 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse took place at 0308 UT (GMT) on Thursday, August 17, 1989, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1989.
| Total Lunar Eclipse August 17, 1989 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 128 (39 of 71) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:35:48 |
| Partial | 3:34:17 |
| Penumbral | 5:27:31 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 0:24:22UTC |
| U1 | 1:21:03 |
| U2 | 2:20:17 |
| Greatest | 3:09:07 |
| U3 | 3:56:05 |
| U4 | 4:55:20 |
| P4 | 5:51:54 |
The eclipse occurs in Capricornus | |
The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.
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