February 1970 lunar eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse February 21, 1970
(No photo)
240px The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series	113 (61 of 71)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1	UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

A partial lunar eclipse took place on February 21, 1970.^[1]

Visibility

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Relation to other lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1969–1973
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
108	1969 Aug 27 80px	Penumbral 80px	113	1970 Feb 21 80px	Partial 80px
118	1970 Aug 17 80px	Partial 80px	123	1971 Feb 10	Total
128	1971 Aug 6	Total	133	1972 Jan 30 80px	Total 80px
138	1972 Jul 26 80px	Partial 80px	143	1973 Jan 18 80px	Penumbral 80px
148	1973 Jul 15 80px	Penumbral 80px

Last set	1969 Sep 25		Last set	1969 Apr 2

Next set	1973 Jun 15		Next set	1973 Dec 10

Metonic cycle

This is the third of five Metonic lunar eclipses.

The Metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Metonic lunar eclipse sets 1951–2027
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date	Type	Saros	Date	Type
103	1951 Feb 21	Penumbral	108	1951 Aug 17	Penumbral
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113	1970 Feb 21	Partial	118	1970 Aug 17	Partial
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123	1989 Feb 20	Total	128	1989 Aug 17	Total
240px			240px
133	2008 Feb 21	Total	138	2008 Aug 16	Partial
240px			240px
143	2027 Feb 20	Penumbral	148	2027 Aug 17	Penumbral
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