A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, August 31, 1989, 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 timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of August 31, 1989(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Moroni 06:49:14 07:06:10 07:23:39 0:34 0.53% Lilongwe 05:50:33 (sunrise) 06:07:30 06:32:48 0:42 1.97% Mamoudzou 06:44:49 07:08:19 07:32:52 0:48 1.39% Nampula 05:38:48 06:09:46 06:42:38 1:04 3.78% Harare 06:03:55 (sunrise) 06:12:24 06:49:08 0:45 6.32% Beira 05:50:06 (sunrise) 06:15:37 06:59:34 1:09 9.94% Lusaka 06:13:26 (sunrise) 06:15:39 06:36:20 0:23 2.44% Toamasina 06:37:12 07:18:34 08:03:14 1:26 7.36% Antananarivo 06:35:50 07:18:45 08:05:15 1:29 8.69% Antsirabe 06:35:14 07:20:04 08:08:48 1:34 10.12% Pretoria 06:20:46 (sunrise) 06:23:46 07:14:53 0:54 18.19% Johannesburg 06:21:39 (sunrise) 06:24:28 07:16:11 0:55 18.91% Maputo 06:03:25 (sunrise) 06:24:42 07:18:40 1:15 19.48% Mbabane 06:09:22 (sunrise) 06:25:02 07:18:43 1:09 19.82% Saint-Denis 07:40:44 08:27:40 09:18:31 1:38 9.39% Port Louis 07:43:15 08:28:05 09:16:23 1:33 7.67% Saint-Pierre 07:40:41 08:28:32 09:20:28 1:40 9.99% Teyateyaneng 06:25:04 (sunrise) 06:29:11 07:24:44 1:00 23.73% Maseru 06:26:12 (sunrise) 06:29:26 07:25:02 0:59 23.94% Mafeteng 06:27:34 (sunrise) 06:30:15 07:26:19 0:59 24.71% Durban 06:12:33 (sunrise) 06:30:54 07:29:08 1:17 25.59% Gaborone 06:29:05 (sunrise) 06:31:27 07:10:02 0:41 14.65% Gqeberha 06:37:28 (sunrise) 06:40:04 07:36:37 0:59 30.72% Marion Island 07:01:28 (sunrise) 08:06:39 09:18:47 2:17 46.70% Cape Town 07:06:08 (sunrise) 07:08:43 07:32:20 0:26 13.46% Île de la Possession 09:06:23 10:16:01 11:31:16 2:25 41.03% Île Amsterdam 09:33:25 10:29:00 11:26:19 1:53 10.29% Port-aux-Français 09:32:40 10:41:28 11:52:49 2:20 28.00% Mawson Station 10:55:10 12:02:24 13:11:05 2:16 40.68% Casey Station 13:49:07 14:37:00 15:23:56 1:35 10.87%References:
Eclipse details 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.
+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
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 17Ascending node (full moon) August 31Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 128 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 154
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1989 A total lunar eclipse on February 20. A partial solar eclipse on March 7. A total lunar eclipse on August 17. A partial solar eclipse on August 31.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1985
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1982 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1980 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 6, 1998
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 2000
Solar Saros 154 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 20, 1960 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 11, 2018
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 31, 1902 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2076
Solar eclipses of 1986–1989
Saros 154
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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