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Penumbral lunar eclipse September 6, 1998 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, September 6, 1998, the last of three lunar eclipses in 1998.
This is the last of four lunar year eclipses at the descending node of the Moon's orbit.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998 | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
Saros Photo |
Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros Photo |
Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
112 | 1995 Apr 15![]() |
Partial![]() |
−0.95939 | 117 | 1995 Oct 08![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.11794 | |
122![]() |
1996 Apr 04![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.25339 | 127 |
1996 Sep 27![]() |
Total![]() |
0.34264 | |
132![]() |
1997 Mar 24![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.48990 | 137 | 1997 Sep 16![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.37684 | |
142 | 1998 Mar 13![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
1.19644 | 147 | 1998 Sep 06![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.10579 | |
Last set | 1994 May 25 | Last set | 1994 Nov 18 | |||||
Next set | 1999 Jan 31 | Next set | 1998 Aug 08 |
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 154.
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