A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 4 December, 0270 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 07:43 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for 24 minutes and 12 seconds. With the Moon just 2% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, the Moon may have been quite bright, but even so, this should have been worth seeing. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 25 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 48 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 25 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 24 minutes and 12 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 07:43:30 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 2 eclipses:

This was the 49th eclipse in lunar Saros series 50.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 50, is linked to solar Saros series 57. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 07:43:30 on 4 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 11:29:58 on 4 Dec TDT
Saros Series 50 Number in Series 49
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.0917 Central Magnitiude 1.023
Gamma -0.4365 Path Width (km)
Delta T 3h46m Error ± 11m24s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h48m Partial Duration 3h25m
Total Duration 24m12s
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.