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August 17, 1989 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Burmerange, Remich, Luxembourg

Aug 17, 1989 at 5:08 am
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Burmerange
Began: Thu, Aug 17, 1989 at 2:24 am
Maximum: Thu, Aug 17, 1989 at 5:08 am 1.598 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Aug 17, 1989 at 6:37 am
Duration: 4 hours, 13 minutes

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August 17, 1989 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Burmerange

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looks like. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
2:24 am Thu, Aug 17
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction South-southwest 193°
24.4°
3:21 am Thu, Aug 17
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southwest 207°
21.5°
4:20 am Thu, Aug 17
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southwest 221°
16.4°
5:08 am Thu, Aug 17
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southwest 231°
11.1°
5:56 am Thu, Aug 17
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to West-southwest.		Map direction West-southwest 241°
5.1°
6:37 am Thu, Aug 17SettingMoonset SettingMap direction West-southwest 249°
-0.2°
6:55 am Thu, Aug 17Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West-southwest 252°
-3.0°
7:51 am Thu, Aug 17Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction West 262°
-11.9°

How to use altitude & direction to find in the sky

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

Cloud Coverage (Aug 17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 69% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Burmerange

Eclipse Visibility From BurmerangeVisibility Worldwide
Mar 1, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 27, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 17, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 20, 1982 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Dec 15, 1982 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Dec 4, 1983 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 20, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28, 1985 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 1986 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 14, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 1988 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20, 1989 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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