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

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 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.

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