A partial

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...

took place on Monday, August 6, 1990, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1990.

Visibility

Relations to other lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 1990

* An annular solar eclipse on January 26. * A total lunar eclipse on February 9. * A total solar eclipse on July 22. * A partial lunar eclipse on August 6.

Lunar year series

Saros series

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 145 Saros cycle series 145 for solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an ...

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External links

* 1990-08 1990 in science August 1990 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub