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A total
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 Eart ...
took place on Monday, February 20, 1989, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 1989.
Visibility
It was completely visible from Australia and most of Asia. It was visible setting in eastern Africa and Europe. In thePhilippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, the lunar eclipse was very visible throughout the country since the modern lunar eclipse happened on July 26, 1953.
It was also preceded by the twin total lunar eclipses on April 24, 1986 and October 17, 1986. The next one happened on February 9, 1990.
Relation to other lunar eclipses
Eclipses of 1989
* A total lunar eclipse on February 20. * A partial solar eclipse on March 7. * A total lunar eclipse on August 17. * A partial solar eclipse on August 31.Lunar year series (354 days)
Tritos series
Saros series (18 years 11 days)
It last occurred on February 10, 1971 and will next occur on March 3, 2007.Metonic cycle (19 years)
This is the third of five Metonic lunar eclipses.Saros series
It last occurred on January 29, 1953 and will next occur on February 20, 1989.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 ofSolar Saros 130
Saros cycle series 130 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 ...
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See also
*List of lunar eclipses
There are several lists of lunar eclipses
On the Moon, by the Earth
; Type
* List of central lunar eclipses
* Total penumbral lunar eclipse
A total penumbral lunar eclipse is a lunar eclipse that occurs when the Moon becomes completely immersed ...
*List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
A total of 229 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total.
See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
List
Eclipses from 2001 to ...
Notes
External links
* 1989-02 1989 in science February 1989 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub