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June 1964 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
June 25, 1964
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The Moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 129 (35 of 71)
Gamma -0.1461
Magnitude 1.5565
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 1:40:46
Partial 3:53:12
Penumbral 6:12:06
Contacts (UTC)
P1 22:00:47
U1 23:10:14
U2 0:16:26
Greatest 1:06:50
U3 1:57:14
U4 3:03:26
P4 4:12:53

A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, June 25, 1964. The Moon passed through the center of the Earth's shadow.

Visibility

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It was completely visible from South America and Africa, seen as rising over North America, and setting over Europe and Western Asia.

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Lunar year series

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Lunar eclipse series sets from 1962–1965
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
109 1962 Jul 17
Penumbral
1.33712 114 1963 Jan 09
Penumbral
-1.01282
119 1963 Jul 06
Partial
0.61972 124 1963 Dec 30
Total
-0.28889
129 1964 Jun 25
Total
-0.14611 134 1964 Dec 19
Total
0.38008
139 1965 Jun 14
Partial
-0.90055 144 1965 Dec 08
Penumbral
1.07748
Last set 1962 Aug 15 Last set 1962 Feb 19
Next set 1966 May 04 Next set 1966 Oct 29

Saros series

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Lunar saros series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, containing 71 events, has 11 total lunar eclipses. The first total lunar eclipse of this series was on May 24, 1910, and last will be on September 8, 2090. The longest occurrence of this series was on July 16, 2000 when totality lasted 106 minutes and 24.6 seconds.

Greatest First

The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 106 minutes.
Penumbral Partial Total Central
1351 Jun 10 1513 Sep 15 1910 May 24 1946 Jun 14
Last
Central Total Partial Penumbral
2036 Aug 7 2090 Sep 8 2469 Apr 26 2613 Jul 24
1901–2100
1910 May 24 1928 Jun 3 1946 Jun 14
1964 Jun 25 1982 Jul 6 2000 Jul 16
2018 Jul 27 2036 Aug 7 2054 Aug 18
2072 Aug 28 2090 Sep 8

It last occurred on June 14, 1946 and will next occur on July 6, 1982.

This is the 35th member of Lunar Saros 129. The previous event was the June 1946 lunar eclipse. The next event is the July 1982 lunar eclipse. Lunar Saros 129 contains 11 total lunar eclipses between 1910 and 2090. Solar Saros 136 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series.

Half-Saros cycle

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A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 136.

June 20, 1955 June 30, 1973

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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