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A partial
lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Eart ...
took place on Monday, December 10, 1973, the last of four lunar eclipses in 1973. At maximum eclipse, a small bite out of the Moon should have been visible. The eclipse lasted for 1 hour, 8 minutes and 29.4 seconds, with just 10.069% of the Moon in shadow at maximum. The Moon was only 0.9 days before perigee (Perigee on the same day at 22:22 UTC), making it 5.8% larger than average.
Visibility
It was completely visible over North America, Central America, Caribbean, South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, and central Asia, seen rising over the eastern Pacific Ocean and setting over the western Indian Ocean. As of Equator, it was seen rising over118th meridian west
The meridian 118° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
118°W is the Sixth Meridian of the Do ...
and setting over the 62nd meridian east.
Related 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).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses ofSolar Saros 122
Saros cycle series 122 for solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during ...
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See also
*List of lunar eclipses
There are several lists of lunar eclipses
On the Moon, by the Earth
; Type
* List of central lunar eclipses
* Total penumbral lunar eclipse
A total penumbral lunar eclipse is a lunar eclipse that occurs when the Moon becomes completely immersed ...
*List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
A total of 229 lunar eclipses took place in the 20th century: 83 penumbral, 65 partial and 81 total.
See also: Lists of lunar eclipses, List of 19th-century lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
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Eclipses from 2001 to ...
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External links
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