A partial eclipse of the Sun occurred on 17 October, 0229 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 02:19 UT. With only 5% of the Sun covered at maximum eclipse, this was a very marginal eclipse at best, and rather uninteresting.

Maximum eclipse was at 02:19:39 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 partial solar eclipse. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 3 eclipses:

This was the 2nd eclipse in solar Saros series 88.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 02:19:39 on 17 Oct UT TDT Date/time (max) 05:57:25 on 17 Oct TDT
Saros Series 88 Number in Series 2
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.0539
Gamma -1.5079 Path Width (km) 0
Delta T 3h38m Error ± 10m57s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 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.