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Total lunar eclipse

Friday, February 9, 1990 at 07:11 PM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Friday, Feb 9
Type
Total lunar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Totality duration
44 min
Partial duration
205 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 begins16:20:5808:20:58below horizon
U1 — Partial begins17:28:3609:28:36below horizon
T1 — Totality begins18:49:1210:49:12below horizon
MAX — Greatest eclipse19:11:0611:11:06below horizon
T2 — Totality ends19:32:5911:32:59below horizon
U2 — Partial ends20:53:3512:53:35below horizon
P2 — Penumbral ends22:01:1314:01:13below horizon
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros later
Total lunar eclipse
February 20, 2008