A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 3 January, 1284 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 22:53 UT. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 35% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 5 minutes.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 37 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 5 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 22:53:50 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 22nd eclipse in lunar Saros series 33.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 33, is linked to solar Saros series 40. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 22:53:50 on 3 Jan UT TDT Date/time (max) 07:24:46 on 4 Jan TDT
Saros Series 33 Number in Series 22
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.3384 Central Magnitiude 0.3536
Gamma -0.8239 Path Width (km)
Delta T 8h31m Error ± 41m39s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h37m Partial Duration 2h05m
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.