May 1975 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse May 25, 1975
(No photo)
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	130 (32 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1	UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

A total lunar eclipse took place on May 25, 1975.

The moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.

Visibility

It was completely visible over North and South America, seen rising over Australia, and setting over Africa, and Western Europe.

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1973-1976

Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart		Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
110	1973 Jun 15	Penumbral		115	1973 Dec 10	Partial
120	1974 Jun 04	Partial		125	1974 Nov 29	Total
130	1975 May 25	Total		135	1975 Nov 18	Total
140	1976 May 13	Partial		145	1976 Nov 06	Penumbral
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 130, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 72 lunar eclipse events including 14 total lunar eclipses.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series will occur on 2029 Jun 26, lasting 102 minutes.[1]	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1416 Jun 10	1560 Sep 4	1921 Apr 22	1957 May 13
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2083 Jul 29	2155 Sep 11	2552 May 10	2696 Aug 5

1901–2100

1903 Apr 12		1921 Apr 22		1939 May 3
1957 May 13		1975 May 25		1993 Jun 4
2011 Jun 15		2029 Jun 26		2047 Jul 7
2065 Jul 17		2083 Jul 29

See also

• List of lunar eclipses
• List of 20th-century lunar eclipses

Notes

1. Listing of Eclipses of cycle 130

External links

• 1975 May 25 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
• The Total Lunar Eclipse of may 24-25, 1975, Feinstein, A., Forte, J. C., & Cabrera, A.