January 1973 lunar eclipse
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| Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
| Date | 18 January 1973 | ||||||||
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| Gamma | −1.08446 | ||||||||
| Magnitude | 0.86555 | ||||||||
| Saros cycle | 143 (16 of 73) | ||||||||
| Penumbral | 236 minutes, 33.7 seconds | ||||||||
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A penumbral lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, January 18, 1973, the first of four lunar eclipses in 1973, the second being with a penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday, June 15, 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]
Visibility
File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1973Jan18.png
Relation to other lunar eclipses
Eclipses in 1973
- An annular solar eclipse on Thursday, 4 January 1973.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on Thursday, 18 January 1973.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday, 15 June 1973.
- A total solar eclipse on Saturday, 30 June 1973.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on Sunday, 15 July 1973.
- A partial lunar eclipse on Monday, 10 December 1973.
- An annular solar eclipse on Monday, 24 December 1973.
Lunar year series
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 150.
| January 14, 1964 | January 25, 1982 |
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| File:SE1964Jan14P.png | File:SE1982Jan25P.png |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Saros series 118
- ↑ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- 1973 Jan 18 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
