Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon, 1998 August 8; the beginning of the penumbral phase visible in eastern North America, Central America, South America, southern Greenland, Africa, Europe, extreme western Asia, most of Antarctica, the eastern South Pacific Ocean, the southeastern North Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the western Indian Ocean; the end visible in North America except northern and western Canada and Alaska, Central America, South America, southern Greenland, Africa except the extreme east, most of Europe, most of Antarctica, the eastern South Pacific Ocean, the southeastern North Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean.

                               d  h   m
Moon enters penumbra    August 8  1 31.8
Middle of eclipse              8  2 24.8 UT
Moon leaves penumbra           8  3 18.2

Penumbral magnitude of the eclipse: 0.146