August 1998 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on August 8, 1998, the second of three lunar eclipses that year.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
| 109 | 1998 Aug 08 |
Penumbral |
114 | 1999 Jan 31 |
Penumbral | |
| 119 | 1999 Jul 28 |
Partial |
124 | 2000 Jan 21 |
Total | |
| 129 | 2000 Jul 16 |
Total |
134 | 2001 Jan 09 |
Total | |
| 139 | 2001 Jul 05 |
Partial |
144 | 2001 Dec 30 |
Penumbral | |
| 149 | 2002 Jun 24 |
Penumbral | ||||
| Last set | 1998 Sep 06 | Last set | 1998 Mar 13 | |||
| Next set | 2002 May 26 | Next set | 2002 Nov 20 | |||
Saros series
This lunar eclipse is the second to last member of Saros series 109. The next event is on August 18, 2016. The previous occurrence was on July 27, 1980.
See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
External links
- Saros cycle 109
- 1998 Aug 08 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
