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Total lunar eclipse

Thursday, August 17, 1989 at 03:08 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Wednesday, Aug 16
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
96 min
Partial duration
215 min
Local circumstances
Phase times in your local time, plus where to look in the sky from Palo Alto, California.
PhaseUTCLocal timeMoon altitudeDirection
P1 — Penumbral begins00:24:0617:24:06below horizon
U1 — Partial begins01:20:4318:20:43below horizon
T1 — Totality begins02:19:5619:19:56below horizon
MAX — Greatest eclipse03:08:1020:08:101.7°ESE
T2 — Totality ends03:56:2420:56:2410.1°ESE
U2 — Partial ends04:55:3721:55:3720.0°SE
P2 — Penumbral ends05:52:1522:52:1528.2°SE
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros later
Total lunar eclipse
August 28, 2007