June 1974 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, June 4, 1974, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1974.[1]
Partial Lunar Eclipse June 4, 1974 | |
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(No photo) | |
![]() The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
Series | 120 (56 of 84) |
Gamma | -0.5488 |
Magnitude | 0.8269 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Partial | 3:13:35 |
Penumbral | 5:41:03 |
Contacts UTC | |
P1 | 19:26:14 |
U1 | 20:39:56 |
Greatest | 22:16:44 |
U4 | 23:53:32 |
P4 | 1:07:14 |
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Saros series
It was part of Saros series 120.
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127.
May 30, 1965 | June 11, 1983 |
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Eclipses in 1974
- A partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday, 4 June 1974.
- A total solar eclipse on Thursday, 20 June 1974.
- A total lunar eclipse on Friday, 29 November 1974.
- A partial solar eclipse on Friday, 13 December 1974.
Lunar year series
Lunar eclipse series sets from 1973–1976 | ||||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
110 | 1973 Jun 15![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.32166 | 115 | 1973 Dec 10![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.96441 | |
120 | 1974 Jun 04![]() |
Partial![]() |
−0.54887 | 125 | 1974 Nov 29![]() |
Total![]() |
0.30540 | |
130 | 1975 May 25![]() |
Total![]() |
0.23674 | 135 | 1975 Nov 18![]() |
Total![]() |
−0.41343 | |
140 | 1976 May 13![]() |
Partial![]() |
0.95860 | 145 | 1976 Nov 06![]() |
Penumbral![]() |
−1.12760 | |
Last set | 1973 Jul 15 | Last set | 1973 Jan 18 | |||||
Next set | 1977 Apr 04 | Next set | 1977 Sep 27 |
Tritos series
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 1963
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985
Tzolkinex
- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 1967
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1981
Notes
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 120
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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