A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 2 March, 1566 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 07:23 UT. At maximum eclipse, 86% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle effect may have been visible to careful observers. No part of the Moon was in complete shadow. The eclipse lasted 3 hours and 55 minutes overall.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 55 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 07:23:04 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 21st eclipse in lunar Saros series 27.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 27, is linked to solar Saros series 34. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 07:23:04 on 2 Mar UT TDT Date/time (max) 17:31:06 on 2 Mar TDT
Saros Series 27 Number in Series 21
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.8649 Central Magnitiude -0.1073
Gamma -1.0785 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h08m Error ± 1h09m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 3h55m 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.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:39 UTC.