December 1573 lunar eclipse

{{Short description|Total lunar eclipse December 8, 1573}}

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{{Infobox lunar eclipse

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| image = File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-1573Dec08.png

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| date = December 8, 1573

| gamma = 0.1620{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| magnitude = 1.5597{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| saros_ser = 118{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| saros_no = 27{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| totality = 1h33m31s{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| partiality = 03h33m15s{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| penumbral = 5h30m46s{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| p1 = 16:28:44 UTC{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| u1 = 17:27:25 UTC{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| u2 = 18:27:18 UTC{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| greatest = 19:14:03:8 UTC{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| u3 = 20:00:49 UTC{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| u4 = 21:00:40 UTC{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| p4 = 21:59:29 UTC{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625092404/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEplot/LE1573Dec08T.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-25 |access-date=|website=}}

| previous = June 1573

| next = June 1574

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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."{{Cite web |url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEhistory.html |title=Lunar eclipses in History |access-date=2009-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515072543/http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEhistory/LEhistory.html |archive-date=2014-05-15 |url-status=dead }}

File:Lunar eclipse from moon-1573Dec08.png|alt=Globe showing visibility|It was visible across all of Africa, Europe, and Asia and most of Australia.

File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1573Dec08.png|alt=Diagram of eclipse|The Moon passed west to east through the center of the Earth's umbral shadow causing a very dark red eclipse

File:Tycho Lunar Eclipse.jpg|alt=Tycho Brahe's diagram|Diagram of the appearance of the eclipse from Tycho Brahe's De nova stella

File:Tycho Eclipse Diagram.jpg|alt=Tycho Brahe's diagram|Diagram of the Solar System at the time of the eclipse from Tycho Brahe's De nova stella