A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on Thursday 25 September, 1597 UT (15 Sep, 1597 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 13:38 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 9% of the Moon's disc for 1 hour and 27 minutes, which was essentially impossible to see.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 27 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 13:38:53 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 1st eclipse in lunar Saros series 140.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 13:38:53 on 25 Sep UT TDT Date/time (max) 13:40:53 on 25 Sep TDT
Saros Series 140 Number in Series 1
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.0922 Central Magnitiude -0.9238
Gamma 1.5117 Path Width (km)
Delta T 2m00s Error ± 0m39s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 1h27m 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.