June 1974 lunar eclipse
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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]
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Partial eclipse | |||||||||||||
Date | 4 June 1974 | ||||||||||||
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Gamma | −0.54887 | ||||||||||||
Magnitude | 0.82695 | ||||||||||||
Saros cycle | 120 (56 of 74) | ||||||||||||
Partiality | 193 minutes, 37.1 seconds | ||||||||||||
Penumbral | 341 minutes, 9.5 seconds | ||||||||||||
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