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