A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on Saturday 8 January, 1583 UT (29 Dec, 1582 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 05:52 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 2% of the Moon's disc for 38 minutes and 24 seconds, which was essentially impossible to see.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 38 minutes and 24 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 05:52:57 UT.

Interactive Map

This map shows the visibility of the eclipse at maximum eclipse, when it was visible within the bright area on the map. Note that the map is approximate, and if you were near the edge of the area of visibility, the moon was very close to the horizon and may not have been practically visible.

You can use the zoom controls to zoom in and out, and pan to see areas of interest. The green marker in the centre shows where the Moon will be directly overhead at maximum eclipse.

The interactive map is currently not available.

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 2nd eclipse in lunar Saros series 137.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 05:52:57 on 8 Jan UT TDT Date/time (max) 05:55:04 on 8 Jan TDT
Saros Series 137 Number in Series 2
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.0186 Central Magnitiude -0.9958
Gamma -1.5513 Path Width (km)
Delta T 2m07s Error ± 0m39s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 38m24s 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 22:11:45 UTC.