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 Friday, February 9, 1990, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1990.

Visibility

It was visible from all of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The eclipse is sighted over the

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since the one that happened on February 20, 1989. Lunar eclipse from moon-1990Feb09

Related 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

Lunar Saros 133

This lunar eclipse is part of series 133 of the

Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. One saros perio ...

, which repeats every 18 years and 11 days. Series 133 runs from the year 1557 until 2819. The previous eclipse of this series occurred on January 30, 1972 and the next will occur on February 21, 2008. It is the 5th of 21 total lunar eclipses in series 133. The first was on December 28, 1917. The last (21st) will be on August 3, 2278. The longest two occurrences of this series (14th and 15th) will last for a total of 1 hour and 42 minutes on May 18, 2152 and May 30, 2170.

Solar saros 140 Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros ...

interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Tritos series

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1979 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of January 9, 2001

Tzolkinex

* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 1982 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of March 24, 1997

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 annular solar eclipses of

Solar Saros 140 Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node. This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros ...

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