| Total Lunar Eclipse June 25, 1964 | |
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| (No photo) | |
 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
It was completely visible from South America and Africa, seen as rising over North America, and setting over Europe and Western Asia.
Related lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
| 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
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 | |
| 1910 May 24 | 1928 Jun 3 | 1946 Jun 14 | |||
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| 1964 Jun 25 | 1982 Jul 6 | 2000 Jul 16 | |||
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| 2018 Jul 27 | 2036 Aug 7 | 2054 Aug 18 | |||
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| 2072 Aug 28 | 2090 Sep 8 | ||||
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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
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 |
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See also
Notes
External links
- 1964 Jun 25 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC