June 1974 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on June 4, 1974, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1974.[1]

Partial Lunar Eclipse
June 4, 1974
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series120 (56 of 84)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

Visibility

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

Lunar year series

See also

Notes

  1. Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 120
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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