Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon, 1998 September 6; the beginning of the penumbral phase visible in North America except the extreme east, Central America, South America except the extreme east, Australia except the extreme west, New Zealand, most of Antarctica, extreme eastern Asia, most of the Pacific Ocean, and the extreme western Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in western North America, Australia, New Zealand, the eastern half of Asia, most of Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean except the extreme eastern South Pacific Ocean, and the eastern half of the Indian Ocean.

                                  d   h  m
Moon enters penumbra    September 6   9 14.2                                           
Middle of eclipse                 6  11 10.1 UT
Moon leaves penumbra              6  13 06.1

Penumbral magnitude of the eclipse: 0.837