November 1974 lunar eclipse
| 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) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | |
| Partial | |
| Penumbral | |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | UTC |
| U1 | |
| U2 | |
| Greatest | |
| U3 | |
| U4 | |
| P4 | |
A total lunar eclipse took place on November 29, 1974.
Visibility
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| 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 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.
See also
Notes
External links
- 1974 Nov 29 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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