June 1974 lunar eclipse

A partial lunar eclipse took place on June 4, 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.
Series	120 (56 of 84)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1	UTC
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

Related lunar eclipses

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

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Notes

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

External links

1974 Jun 04 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC

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[1] Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 120

[2] Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros