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.
Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989 | |
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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 |
There were 8 solar eclipses between April 9, 1986 and August 31, 1989.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1986 to 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
119 | 1986 April 9 Partial |
−1.08215 | 124 | 1986 October 3 Hybrid |
0.99305 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
129 | 1987 March 29 Hybrid |
−0.30531 | 134 | 1987 September 23 Annular |
0.27869 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
139 | 1988 March 18 Total |
0.41879 | 144 | 1988 September 11 Annular |
−0.46811 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
149 | 1989 March 7 Partial |
1.09815 | 154 | 1989 August 31Partial −1.19279 Metonic series edit The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
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