| Total eclipse | |||||||||||||||||
| Date | 6 September 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Gamma | −0.43050 | ||||||||||||||||
| Magnitude | 1.09358 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saros cycle | 137 (25 of 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Totality | 44 minutes, 24.7 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Partiality | 191 minutes, 54.2 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
| Penumbral | 305 minutes, 15.4 seconds | ||||||||||||||||
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A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, September 6, 1979, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1979. A shallow total eclipse saw the Moon in relative darkness for 44 minutes and 24.7 seconds. The Moon was 9.358% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, and should have been significantly darkened. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours, 11 minutes and 54.1 seconds in total.[1]
This event followed the annular solar eclipse of August 22, 1979.