A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 23 December, 1870 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 09:35 UT. In this extremely marginal eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow. This caused a microscopic darkening of just 15% of the Moon's disc for 1 hour and 50 minutes, which was essentially impossible to see.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 50 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 09:35:34 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 eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series 24.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 09:35:34 on 23 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 21:37:30 on 23 Dec TDT
Saros Series 24 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.1548 Central Magnitiude -0.8635
Gamma 1.4782 Path Width (km)
Delta T 12h02m Error ± 1h45m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 1h50m 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 22:11:38 UTC.