June 1973 lunar eclipse explained

Type:penumbral
Date:15 June 1973
Axis:1.1888°
Gamma:-1.32166
Magnitude:0.46852
Saros Ser:110
Saros No:69 of 72
Penumbral:204 minutes, 39.8 seconds
P1:19:07:37.7
Greatest:20:49:57.5
P4:22:32:17.5
Previous:January 1973
Next:July 1973

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

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses in 1973

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 117.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/gen_stats.cgi?mode=query&page=full&qtype=type&body=L&saros=110 Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 110
  2. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros