A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 28 December, 0104 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 21:52 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes, with 85% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 48 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 16 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 21:52:48 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 was the 55th eclipse in lunar Saros series 52.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 52, is linked to solar Saros series 59. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 21:52:48 on 28 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 01:06:13 on 29 Dec TDT
Saros Series 52 Number in Series 55
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.9345 Central Magnitiude 0.8509
Gamma -0.5262 Path Width (km)
Delta T 3h13m Error ± 9m39s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h48m Partial Duration 3h16m
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 22:11:42 UTC.