A partial lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, June 4, 1974, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1974. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours and 14 minutes, with 82.695% of the Moon in darkness at maximum. Occurring 4.5 days before apogee (Apogee on Sunday, June 9, 1974), the Moon's apparent diameter was 4.4% smaller than average.[1]
Partial eclipse | |||||||||||||
Date | 4 June 1974 | ||||||||||||
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Gamma | −0.54887 | ||||||||||||
Magnitude | 0.82695 | ||||||||||||
Saros cycle | 120 (56 of 74) | ||||||||||||
Partiality | 193 minutes, 37.1 seconds | ||||||||||||
Penumbral | 341 minutes, 9.5 seconds | ||||||||||||
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Visibility
editRelated lunar eclipses
editSaros series
editIt was part of Saros series 120.
Half-Saros cycle
editA 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
edit- 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
editLunar 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
edit- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 1963
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded: Lunar eclipse of April 24, 1967
- Followed: Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1981
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 120
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
edit- 1974 Jun 04 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC