A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 31 January, 0988 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 17:18 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes, with 78% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.
The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 24 minutes.
The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 3 minutes.
Maximum eclipse was at 17:18:18 UT.
Overview Map
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The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
shows the visibility of the eclipse. (Click on it for the
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Eclipse Season and Saros Series
This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:
This was the 29th eclipse in lunar Saros series 37.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, lunar Saros series 37,
is linked to solar Saros series 44. The
nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
Eclipse Parameters
| UT Date/time (max) | 17:18:18 on 31 Jan UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 00:16:18 on 1 Feb TDT |
| Saros Series | 37 |
Number in Series | 29 |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | 1.8109 |
Central Magnitiude | 0.7793 |
| Gamma | -0.5793 |
Path Width (km) | |
| Delta T | 6h58m |
Error | ± 20m35s (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | 5h24m |
Partial Duration | 3h03m |
| Total Duration | |
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| 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)
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 22:11:40 UTC.
