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August 16, 1989 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Aug 16, 1989 at 11:08 pm
Max View in Toronto, Ontario
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Toronto, Ontario
Began: Wed, Aug 16, 1989 at 8:24 pm
Maximum: Wed, Aug 16, 1989 at 11:08 pm 1.598 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Aug 17, 1989 at 1:51 am
Duration: 5 hours, 28 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

August 16–17, 1989 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Toronto

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Toronto. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EDT) for Toronto.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:24 pm Wed, Aug 16
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.		Map direction East-southeast 111°
1.4°
9:21 pm Wed, Aug 16
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 121°
10.1°
10:20 pm Wed, Aug 16
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction Southeast 133°
18.5°
11:08 pm Wed, Aug 16
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 143°
24.3°
11:56 pm Wed, Aug 16
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 155°
28.7°
12:55 am Thu, Aug 17
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South 171°
32.0°
1:51 am Thu, Aug 17
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 187°
32.4°

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

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Toronto. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Aug 16–17)

In the past, this day was cloudy 62% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Toronto

Eclipse Visibility From TorontoVisibility Worldwide
Aug 25–26, 1980 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 20, 1981 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 16–17, 1981 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 1982 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 6, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 1982 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 25, 1983 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 19, 1983 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 14–15, 1984 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 30, 1984 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Apr 24, 1986 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 1986 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Apr 13–14, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 6–7, 1987 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 27, 1988 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 1989 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse

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