A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 14 August, 0561 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 21:33 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes, with 73% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 52 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 47 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 21:33:26 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 15th eclipse in lunar Saros series 58.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 58, is linked to solar Saros series 65. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 21:33:26 on 14 Aug UT TDT Date/time (max) 02:33:41 on 15 Aug TDT
Saros Series 58 Number in Series 15
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.6824 Central Magnitiude 0.7267
Gamma 0.6285 Path Width (km)
Delta T 5h00m Error ± 14m48s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h52m Partial Duration 2h47m
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. For this eclipse, this makes the date shown on this site different to NASA's date.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:41 UTC.