| Penumbral eclipse | |||||||||
| Date | 15 July 1973 | ||||||||
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| Gamma | 1.51782 | ||||||||
| Magnitude | 0.10468 | ||||||||
| Saros cycle | 148 (1 of 71) | ||||||||
| Penumbral | 99 minutes, 8 seconds | ||||||||
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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.