This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of lunar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]
The penumbral lunar eclipse on August 8, 1998 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995 to 1998 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
| Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 112 | 1995 Apr 15 |
Partial |
−0.9594 | 117 | 1995 Oct 08 |
Penumbral |
1.1179 | |
122 |
1996 Apr 04 |
Total |
−0.2534 | 127 |
1996 Sep 27 |
Total |
0.3426 | |
132 |
1997 Mar 24 |
Partial |
0.4899 | 137 | 1997 Sep 16 |
Total |
−0.3768 | |
| 142 | 1998 Mar 13 |
Penumbral |
1.1964 | 147 | 1998 Sep 06 |
Penumbral |
−1.1058 | |
- ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.