February 1990 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse February 9, 1990 | |
|---|---|
| (No photo) | |
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 133 (25 of 71) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| U2 | |
| Greatest | |
| U3 | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
A total lunar eclipse took place on February 9, 1990, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1990.[1]
Visibility
It was visible from all of Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The eclipse is sighted over the Philippines since the one happened on February 20, 1989.
Related eclipses
Lunar year series
| 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 | |||
See also
Notes
External links
- 1990 Feb 09 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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