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.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1988-1991
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

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