August 1998 lunar eclipse

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Saturday, August 8, 1998, the second of three lunar eclipses that year.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses of 1998

• A total solar eclipse on February 26.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 13.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 8.
• An annular solar eclipse on August 22.
• A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 6.

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node					Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Gamma
109	1998 Aug 08	penumbral	1.4876		114	1999 Jan 31	penumbral	−1.0190
119	1999 Jul 28	partial	0.7863		124	2000 Jan 21	total	−0.2957
129	2000 Jul 16	total	0.0302		134	2001 Jan 09	total	0.3720
139	2001 Jul 05	partial	−0.7287		144	2001 Dec 30	penumbral	1.0732
149	2002 Jun 24	penumbral	−1.4440
Last set	1998 Sep 06				Last set	1998 Mar 13
Next set	2002 May 26				Next set	2002 Nov 20

Saros series

According to some sources, this lunar eclipse was the final member of Saros series 109. According to other sources, the next event in the series occurred 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