August 1989 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on August 17, 1989, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1989. [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1989Aug17T.gif]

Relations to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is part of Saros cycle series 128.

It is also the third of five Metonic cycle eclipses, each being separated by 19 years:
# Penumbral: August 17, 1951. (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros108.html 108] , 71st of 72) [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1951Aug17N.gif]
# Partial eclipse: August 17, 1970. (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros118.html 118] , 49th of 74) [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1970Aug17P.gif]
# Total eclipse on August 17, 1989. (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros128.html 128] , 39th of 71) [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot1951/LE1989Aug17T.gif]
# Partial eclipse: August 16, 2008. (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros138.html 138] , 29th of 83) [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2008Aug16P.gif]
# Penumbral: August 17, 2027. (Saros series [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros148.html 148] , 4th of 71) [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2027Aug17N.gif]

See also

*List of lunar eclipses
*List of 20th century lunar eclipses