A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 16 December, 1248 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 21:29 UT. This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 61% 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 3 hours and 21 minutes.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 21 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 21:29:30 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 eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series 5.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 5, is linked to solar Saros series 12. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 21:29:30 on 16 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 05:48:19 on 17 Dec TDT
Saros Series 5 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.6097 Central Magnitiude -0.3739
Gamma 1.2207 Path Width (km)
Delta T 8h19m Error ± 38m36s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 3h21m 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 22:11:39 UTC.