June 1973 lunar eclipse
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]

Visibility
    

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
    
| 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  | Penumbral  | -1.32166 | 115 | 1973 Dec 10  | Partial  | 0.96441 | |
| 120 | 1974 Jun 04  | Partial  | -0.54887 | 125 | 1974 Nov 29  | Total  | 0.30540 | |
| 130 | 1975 May 25  | Total  | 0.23674 | 135 | 1975 Nov 18  | Total  | -0.41343 | |
| 140 | 1976 May 13  | Partial  | 0.95860 | 145 | 1976 Nov 06  | Penumbral  | -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 117.
| June 10, 1964 | June 21, 1982 | 
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Notes
    
- Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 110
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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