Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989
| Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.1928 |
| Magnitude | 0.6344 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61°18′S 23°36′E / 61.3°S 23.6°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 5:31:47 |
| References | |
| Saros | 154 (5 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9485 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 31, 1989. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1986-1989
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 119 |  April 9, 1986 Partial |
124 |  October 3, 1986 Hybrid | |
| 129 |  March 29, 1987 Hybrid |
134 |  September 23, 1987 Annular | |
| 139 |  March 18, 1988 Total |
144 |  September 11, 1988 Annular | |
| 149 |  March 7, 1989 Partial |
154 | August 31, 1989 Partial | |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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