August 1970 lunar eclipse
A partial lunar eclipse took place on Monday, 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 (49 of 73) 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. Relation to other lunar eclipses. 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 (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 125.