November 1974 lunar eclipse

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.



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.

Saros series
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). This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 132.

Tritos

 * Preceded: Lunar eclipse of December 30, 1963
 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 1985

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 1967
 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of January 9, 1982