September 1979 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, September 6, 1979, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1979. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 44 minutes and 24.7 seconds. The Moon was 9.358% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and should have been significantly darkened. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 11 minutes and 54.1 seconds in total.

This event followed the annular solar eclipse of August 22, 1979.

Eclipses in 1979

 * A total solar eclipse on Monday, 26 February 1979.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday, 13 March 1979.
 * An annular solar eclipse on Wednesday, 22 August 1979.
 * A total lunar eclipse on Thursday, 6 September 1979.

Saros series
It is part of Saros series 137.

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 144.