August 1990 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse
August 6, 1990
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 138 (28 of 83)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1 UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

A partial lunar eclipse took place on August 6, 1990.

Visibility

Relations to other lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1988-1991
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date Type
Viewing
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
113 1988 Mar 03
Penumbral
118 1988 Aug 27
Partial
123 1989 Feb 20
Total
128 1989 Aug 17
Total
133 1990 Feb 09
Total
138 1990 Aug 06
Partial
143 1991 Jan 30
Penumbral
148 1991 Jul 26
Penumbral
Last set 1987 Apr 14 Last set 1987 Oct 07
Next set 1991 Dec 21 Next set 1991 Jun 27

Saros series

Lunar saros series 138 has 19 total eclipses between September 7, 2044 and June 8, 2495. The longest eclipse will be on January 7, 2243, and last for 102 minutes.

Partial eclipses will occur between June 13, 1900 and August 13, 2603. Penumbral eclipses will occur between October 5, 1503 and March 30, 2982. [1]

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