December 1973 lunar eclipse

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Partial Lunar Eclipse
December 10, 1973
(No photo)
Lunar eclipse chart close-1973Dec10.png
The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series 115 (55 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1 UTC
U1
Greatest
U4
P4

A partial lunar eclipse took place on December 10, 1973, the last of four lunar eclipses in 1973, the first was a penumbral lunar eclipse on January 18, the second was a penumbral lunar eclipse on June 15, and the third was a penumbral lunar eclipse on July 15.[1]

Visibility[]

Lunar eclipse from moon-1973Dec10.png

Related lunar eclipses[]

Eclipses in 1973[]

Lunar year series[]

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1973–1976
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
110 1973 Jun 15
Lunar eclipse from moon-1973Jun15.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1973Jun15.png
-1.32166 115 1973 Dec 10
Lunar eclipse from moon-1973Dec10.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1973Dec10.png
0.96441
120 1974 Jun 04
Lunar eclipse from moon-1974Jun04.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1974Jun04.png
-0.54887 125 1974 Nov 29
Lunar eclipse from moon-1974Nov29.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1974Nov29.png
0.30540
130 1975 May 25
Lunar eclipse from moon-1975May25.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1975May25.png
0.23674 135 1975 Nov 18
Lunar eclipse from moon-1975Nov18.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1975Nov18.png
-0.41343
140 1976 May 13
Lunar eclipse from moon-1976May13.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1976May13.png
0.95860 145 1976 Nov 06
Lunar eclipse from moon-1976Nov06.png
Penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1976Nov06.png
-1.12760
Last set 1973 Jul 15 Last set 1973 Jan 18
Next set 1977 Apr 04 Next set 1977 Sep 27


Half-Saros cycle[]

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[2] This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 122.

December 4, 1964 December 15, 1982
SE1964Dec04P.png SE1982Dec15P.png

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 115
  2. ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros

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