A partial
lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...
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, 13 minutes and 37.1 seconds, with 82.695% of the Moon in darkness at maximum. The Moon was 4.5 days before apogee (Apogee on Sunday, June 9, 1974), making it 4.4% smaller than average.
Visibility
It was completely visible over South America, Europe, Africa, central Asia, Australia, seen rising over North Altantic Ocean and South America, and setting over Asia and west in Australia.
![Lunar eclipse from moon-1974Jun04](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Lunar_eclipse_from_moon-1974Jun04.png)
Related lunar eclipses
Saros series
It was part of
Saros series 120.
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a
half saros).
[Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros''] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of
Solar Saros 127
Saros cycle series 127 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node.
This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros ...
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Eclipses in 1974
* 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
Tritos series
* Preceded:
Lunar eclipse of July 7, 1963
* Followed:
Lunar eclipse of May 4, 1985
Tzolkinex
* Preceded:
Lunar eclipse of April 24, 1967
* Followed:
Lunar eclipse of July 17, 1981
See also
*
List of lunar eclipses
There are several lists of lunar eclipses
On the Moon, by the Earth
; Type
* List of central lunar eclipses
* Total penumbral lunar eclipse
; Classification
* List of saros series for lunar eclipses
* Tetrad (astronomy) contains lists of tetrads ...
*
List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
A total of 229 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total.
See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
List
Eclipses from 2001 to 200 ...
Notes
External links
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1974-06
1974 in science
June 1974 events
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