| Total Lunar Eclipse August 17, 1989 | |
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 The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 128 (39 of 71) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:35:48 |
| Partial | 3:34:17 |
| Penumbral | 5:27:31 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 0:24:22UTC |
| U1 | 1:21:03 |
| U2 | 2:20:17 |
| Greatest | 3:09:07 |
| U3 | 3:56:05 |
| U4 | 4:55:20 |
| P4 | 5:51:54 |
 The eclipse occurs in Capricornus | |
A total lunar eclipse took place at 0308 UT (GMT) on Thursday, August 17, 1989, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 1989.
The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.