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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.
Series 125 (46 of 72)
Gamma 0.3054
Magnitude 1.2896
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:15:45
Partial 3:28:57
Penumbral 5:33:04
Contacts UTC
P1 12:27:34
U1 13:29:40
U2 14:36:16
Greatest 15:14:07
U3 15:51:58
U4 16:58:34
P4 18:00:40

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

Visibility

Eclipses in 1974

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1973–1976
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

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

Tritos

Tzolkinex

See also

Notes

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