July 1973 lunar eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, July 15, 1973, the third of four lunar eclipses in 1973, the first was a penumbral lunar eclipse on Thursday, January 18, the second was a penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday, June 15, and the last being with a partial lunar eclipse on Monday, December 10.
This is the last lunar eclipse of Lunar eclipse set 1969-1973, but it is the first lunar eclipse of Saros series 148.
Visibility
Relation to other lunar eclipses
Lunar year series
Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Saros | Date Viewing |
Type Chart | |
108 | 1969 Aug 27 |
Penumbral |
113 | 1970 Feb 21 |
Partial | |
118 | 1970 Aug 17 |
Partial |
123 | 1971 Feb 10 |
Total | |
128 | 1971 Aug 6 |
Total |
133 | 1972 Jan 30 |
Total | |
138 | 1972 Jul 26 |
Partial |
143 | 1973 Jan 18 |
Penumbral | |
148 | 1973 Jul 15 |
Penumbral | ||||
Last set | 1969 Sep 25 | Last set | 1969 Apr 2 | |||
Next set | 1973 Jun 15 | Next set | 1973 Dec 10 |
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 partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 155 on the third and fourth columns.
June 17, 1928 | June 29, 1946 | July 9, 1964 | July 20, 1982 |
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See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
Notes
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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