June 1974 lunar eclipse

June 1974 lunar eclipse
Partial eclipse
Date	4 June 1974
Gamma	−0.54887
Magnitude	0.82695
Saros cycle	120 (56 of 74)
Partiality	193 minutes, 37.1 seconds
Penumbral	341 minutes, 9.5 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	19:25:25.4 (4 Jun)
U1	20:39:08.1 (4 Jun)
Greatest	22:15:58.8 (4 Jun)
U4	23:52:45.2 (4 Jun)
P4	01:06:34.9 (5 Jun)
	← December 1973 November 1974 →

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]

Visibility[edit]

Related lunar eclipses[edit]

Saros series[edit]

It was part of Saros series 120.

Half-Saros cycle[edit]

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

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[edit]

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