January 1972 lunar eclipse
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A total lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, January 30, 1972, the first of two lunar eclipses in 1972. The moon entered the Earth's penumbral shadow at 30 January 1972 08:03:12.5 UTC and exited at 30 January 1972 13:43:37.9 UTC. The moon entered the Earth's umbral shadow at 30 January 1972 09:11:38.4 UTC and exited at 30 January 1972 12:35:03.1 UTC. Totality lasted 34 minutes, 47.7 seconds (34.795 min), between 10:35:57.4 UTC and 11:10:45.1 UTC. The moon was 6.6 days before apogee (Apogee on Sunday, February 6, 1972), making it 1.6% smaller than average, only 0.2% larger than the July 1972's lunar eclipse.[1]
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Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
Date | 30 January 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
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Gamma | −0.42729 | ||||||||||||||||
Magnitude | 1.04971 | ||||||||||||||||
Saros cycle | 133 (24 of 71) | ||||||||||||||||
Totality | 34 minutes, 47.7 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
Partiality | 203 minutes, 24.7 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
Penumbral | 340 minutes, 25.4 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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