November 1974 lunar eclipse

November 1974 lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
Date	29 November 1974
Gamma	0.30540
Magnitude	1.28961
Saros cycle	125 (46 of 72)
Totality	75 minutes, 45 seconds
Partiality	208 minutes, 58.7 seconds
Penumbral	333 minutes, 11.6 seconds
P1
Contacts (UTC)
P1	12:26:43.5
U1	13:28:54.0
U2	14:35:30.4
Greatest	15:13:21.9
U3	15:51:15.4
U4	16:57:52.7
P4	17:59:55.1
	← June 1974 May 1975 →

A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday, November 29, 1974, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1974. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour, 15 minutes and 45 seconds, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 28.961% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 28 minutes and 58.7 seconds in total. The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours, 33 minutes and 11.6 seconds. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 28 minutes and 58.7 seconds. The total eclipse lasted for 1 hour, 15 minutes and 45 seconds. Occurring only 3.6 days before perigee (Perigee on Tuesday, December 3, 1974), the Moon's apparent diameter was 1.4% larger than average.

Visibility

It was completely visible over Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific, western North America, seen rising over Europe and Africa and setting over the central Pacific Ocean and North America.

Related lunar eclipses

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

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

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.

Half-Saros cycle

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 annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.