December 1573 lunar eclipse

December 1573 lunar eclipse

Total eclipse
Date	December 8, 1573
Gamma	0.1620 [1]
Magnitude	1.5597 [1]
Saros cycle	118 [1] (27 [1] )
Totality	1h33m31s [1]
Partiality	03h33m15s [1]
Penumbral	5h30m46s [1]
Contacts (UTC) P1 16:28:44 UTC [1] U1 17:27:25 UTC [1] U2 18:27:18 UTC [1] Greatest 19:14:03:8 UTC [1] U3 20:00:49 UTC [1] U4 21:00:40 UTC [1] P4 21:59:29 UTC [1]
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A total lunar eclipse occurred on December 8, 1573.

It was predicted and then observed by a young Tycho Brahe (assisted by his sister Sophia) at Knutstorp Castle. He said "I cannot but be very surprised that even at this youthful age of 26 years, I was able to get such accurate results." ^[2]

• Eclipse visibility diagrams
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  It was visible across all of Africa, Europe, and Asia and most of Australia.
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  The Moon passed west to east through the center of the Earth's umbral shadow causing a very dark red eclipse
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  Diagram of the appearance of the eclipse from Tycho Brahe's De nova stella
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  Diagram of the Solar System at the time of the eclipse from Tycho Brahe's De nova stella

See also

• List of 16th-century lunar eclipses

References

1. "LE1573Dec08T.pdf" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-06-25.
2. "Lunar eclipses in History". Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2009-12-28.

External links

• Curriculum vitae of Tycho Brahe Tycho observes a lunar eclipse together with his 17-year-old sister Sophie. From the observation he finds the perigee of the Sun.
• Sophie Brahe, 1556-1643
• Brahe, Tycho, Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
• NASA graphics