A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 27 December, 1732 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 20:16 UT. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 50% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 39 minutes.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 29 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 39 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 20:16:28 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 -3.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series -3, is linked to solar Saros series 4. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 20:16:28 on 27 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 07:25:21 on 28 Dec TDT
Saros Series -3 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.5795 Central Magnitiude 0.4985
Gamma 0.719 Path Width (km)
Delta T 11h09m Error ± 1h28m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h29m Partial Duration 2h39m
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 22:11:38 UTC.