A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 3 April, 1550 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 21:32 UT. The Moon was almost covered by the Earth's shadow in a very deep partial eclipse, which lasted 3 hours and 26 minutes. With 97% of the Moon in shadow at maximum eclipse, this was quite a memorable event.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 53 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 26 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 21:32:48 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 eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series 7.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 7, is linked to solar Saros series 14. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 21:32:48 on 3 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 07:35:04 on 4 Apr TDT
Saros Series 7 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.0299 Central Magnitiude 0.9685
Gamma 0.4681 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h02m Error ± 1h07m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h53m Partial Duration 3h26m
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.