A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 23 April, 1020 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 20:03 UT. This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 88% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 4 hours and 28 minutes.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 28 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 20:03:42 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 11th eclipse in lunar Saros series 44.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 44, is linked to solar Saros series 51. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 20:03:42 on 23 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 03:11:14 on 24 Apr TDT
Saros Series 44 Number in Series 11
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.8813 Central Magnitiude -0.1861
Gamma 1.0957 Path Width (km)
Delta T 7h08m Error ± 21m33s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h28m 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. 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.