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Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989

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Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.1928
Magnitude0.6344
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°18′S 23°36′E / 61.3°S 23.6°E / -61.3; 23.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse5:31:47
References
Saros154 (5 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9485

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, August 31, 1989,[1] with a magnitude of 0.6344. 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.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Southern Africa and Antarctica.

Eclipse details

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Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[2]

August 31, 1989 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 1989 August 31 at 03:34:34.1 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 1989 August 31 at 05:31:46.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 1989 August 31 at 05:45:27.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 1989 August 31 at 06:44:00.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 1989 August 31 at 07:28:34.9 UTC
August 31, 1989 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.63443
Eclipse Obscuration 0.53492
Gamma −1.19279
Sun Right Ascension 10h37m52.8s
Sun Declination +08°38'48.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'50.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 10h35m50.9s
Moon Declination +07°40'48.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'58.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'57.0"
ΔT 56.7 s

Eclipse season

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This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of August 1989
August 17
Ascending node (full moon)
August 31
Descending node (new moon)
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 128
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 154
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Eclipses in 1989

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 154

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 1986–1989

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[3]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1986 to 1989
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
119 April 9, 1986

Partial
−1.0822 124 October 3, 1986

Hybrid
0.9931
129 March 29, 1987

Hybrid
−0.3053 134 September 23, 1987

Annular
0.2787
139 March 18, 1988

Total
0.4188 144 September 11, 1988

Annular
−0.4681
149 March 7, 1989

Partial
1.0981 154 August 31, 1989

Partial
−1.1928

Saros 154

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 154, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 19, 1917. It contains annular eclipses from October 3, 2043 through March 27, 2332; hybrid eclipses from April 7, 2350 through April 29, 2386; and total eclipses from May 9, 2404 through May 29, 3035. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 25, 3179. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 9 at 3 minutes, 41 seconds on October 13, 2061, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 35 at 4 minutes, 50 seconds on July 25, 2530. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]

Series members 1–16 occur between 1917 and 2200:
1 2 3

July 19, 1917

July 30, 1935

August 9, 1953
4 5 6

August 20, 1971

August 31, 1989

September 11, 2007
7 8 9

September 21, 2025

October 3, 2043

October 13, 2061
10 11 12

October 24, 2079

November 4, 2097

November 16, 2115
13 14 15

November 26, 2133

December 8, 2151

December 18, 2169
16

December 29, 2187

Metonic series

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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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between April 8, 1902 and August 31, 1989
April 7–8 January 24–25 November 12 August 31–September 1 June 19–20
108 110 112 114 116

April 8, 1902

August 31, 1913

June 19, 1917
118 120 122 124 126

April 8, 1921

January 24, 1925

November 12, 1928

August 31, 1932

June 19, 1936
128 130 132 134 136

April 7, 1940

January 25, 1944

November 12, 1947

September 1, 1951

June 20, 1955
138 140 142 144 146

April 8, 1959

January 25, 1963

November 12, 1966

August 31, 1970

June 20, 1974
148 150 152 154

April 7, 1978

January 25, 1982

November 12, 1985

August 31, 1989

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

The partial solar eclipse on October 24, 2098 (part of Saros 164) is also a part of this series but is not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2011

February 11, 1804
(Saros 137)

January 10, 1815
(Saros 138)

December 9, 1825
(Saros 139)

November 9, 1836
(Saros 140)

October 9, 1847
(Saros 141)

September 7, 1858
(Saros 142)

August 7, 1869
(Saros 143)

July 7, 1880
(Saros 144)

June 6, 1891
(Saros 145)

May 7, 1902
(Saros 146)

April 6, 1913
(Saros 147)

March 5, 1924
(Saros 148)

February 3, 1935
(Saros 149)

January 3, 1946
(Saros 150)

December 2, 1956
(Saros 151)

November 2, 1967
(Saros 152)

October 2, 1978
(Saros 153)

August 31, 1989
(Saros 154)

July 31, 2000
(Saros 155)

July 1, 2011
(Saros 156)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

December 30, 1815
(Saros 148)

December 9, 1844
(Saros 149)

November 20, 1873
(Saros 150)

October 31, 1902
(Saros 151)

October 11, 1931
(Saros 152)

September 20, 1960
(Saros 153)

August 31, 1989
(Saros 154)

August 11, 2018
(Saros 155)

July 22, 2047
(Saros 156)

July 1, 2076
(Saros 157)

June 12, 2105
(Saros 158)

May 23, 2134
(Saros 159)

April 12, 2192
(Saros 161)

References

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  1. ^ "August 31, 1989 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 1989 Aug 31". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 154". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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