A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 28 February, 0068 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 20:32 UT. In this extremely marginal eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow. This caused a microscopic darkening of just 10% of the Moon's disc for 1 hour and 26 minutes, which was essentially impossible to see.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 26 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 20:32:49 UT.

Overview Map

This map sourced from NASA Goddard Space flight Center: GSFC Eclipse Web SiteGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
shows the visibility of the eclipse. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 3 eclipses:

This was the 3rd eclipse in lunar Saros series 80.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 80, is linked to solar Saros series 87. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 20:32:49 on 28 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 23:39:55 on 28 Feb TDT
Saros Series 80 Number in Series 3
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.096 Central Magnitiude -0.8942
Gamma 1.5025 Path Width (km)
Delta T 3h07m Error ± 9m18s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 1h26m Partial Duration
Total Duration
Partial Rating Total Rating

Note that while all dates and times on this site (except where noted) are in UT, which is within a second of civil time, the dates and times shown in NASA's eclipse listingsGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
are in the TDT timescale.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:42 UTC.