A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 23 March, 1028 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 10:02 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for just 13 minutes and 54 seconds. With the Moon just barely inside 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 28 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 52 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 28 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 13 minutes and 54 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 10:02:02 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 29th eclipse in lunar Saros series 35.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 35, is linked to solar Saros series 42. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 10:02:02 on 23 Mar UT TDT Date/time (max) 17:12:00 on 23 Mar TDT
Saros Series 35 Number in Series 29
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.066 Central Magnitiude 1.0072
Gamma -0.4478 Path Width (km)
Delta T 7h10m Error ± 22m05s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h52m Partial Duration 3h28m
Total Duration 13m54s
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 22:11:40 UTC.