November 1974 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on November 29, 1974, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1974.

Total Lunar Eclipse
November 29, 1974
(No photo)

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series125 (46 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
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U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

Visibility

Lunar year series

Saros series

Lunar saros series 125, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has 26 total lunar eclipses. The first was on June 17, 1704 and the last will be on March 19, 2155. The longest totality occurrence of this series (7th) was on August 22, 1812 when totality lasted one hour and 42 minutes.[1]

This is the 16th of 26 total lunar eclipses in series 125. The previous occurrence was on November 18, 1956 and the next will occur on December 9, 1992.

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.

November 23, 1965 December 4, 1983

See also

Notes

  1. Listing of Eclipses of cycle 125
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros


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