A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 26 January, 1229 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 16:31 UT. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes, just 23% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow).

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 6 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 16:31:08 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 3 eclipses:

This was the 14th eclipse in lunar Saros series 43.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 16:31:08 on 26 Jan UT TDT Date/time (max) 00:44:05 on 27 Jan TDT
Saros Series 43 Number in Series 14
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.2295 Central Magnitiude -0.7341
Gamma -1.4224 Path Width (km)
Delta T 8h13m Error ± 37m01s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 2h06m 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.