Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989

Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989
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 / -61.3; 23.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	5:31:47
References
Saros	154 (5 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9485

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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1986-1989

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1986-1989

Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
119	April 9, 1986 Partial		124	October 3, 1986 Hybrid
129	March 29, 1987 Hybrid		134	September 23, 1987 Annular
139	March 18, 1988 Total		144	September 11, 1988 Annular
149	March 7, 1989 Partial		154	August 31, 1989 Partial

References

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements

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