August 1970 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on August 17, 1970. The Earth's shadow on the Moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 41% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 11 minutes. It was the second of two lunar eclipses in 1970.

More details about the Partial Lunar Eclipse of 17 August 1970.

Penumbral Magnitude: 1.35215
Umbral Magnitude: 0.40797
Gamma: -0.80534
Date: Monday, 17 August 1970
Saros Series: 118th
Greatest Eclipse: 1970 August 17 at 03:23:25.6 UTC
Sun Right Ascension: 9.74
Sun Declination: 13.6
Sun Diameter: 1895.8 arc-seconds
Moon Right Ascension: 21.77
Moon Declination: -14.3
Moon Diameter: 2007.8 arc-seconds
The total duration of the eclipse was 4 hours, 31 minutes.
The duration of the partial eclipse was 2 hours, 11 minutes.

Visibility

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Metonic cycle

This is the third of five Metonic lunar eclipses.

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days. This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.
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