A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 20 March, 1717 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 13:00 UT. At maximum eclipse, a small bite out of the Moon should have been visible. The eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 37 minutes, with just 18% of the Moon in shadow at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 40 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 37 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 13:00:29 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 -5.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series -5, is linked to solar Saros series 2. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 13:00:29 on 20 Mar UT TDT Date/time (max) 00:04:00 on 21 Mar TDT
Saros Series -5 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.1919 Central Magnitiude 0.1839
Gamma 0.9101 Path Width (km)
Delta T 11h04m Error ± 1h26m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h40m Partial Duration 1h37m
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.