A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 5 January, 0215 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 08:45 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for just 14 minutes and 18 seconds. With the Moon just barely inside the Earth's umbral shadow, the Moon may have been quite bright, but even so, this should have been worth seeing. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 22 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 42 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 22 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 14 minutes and 18 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 08:45:56 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 52nd eclipse in lunar Saros series 50.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 50, is linked to solar Saros series 57. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 08:45:56 on 5 Jan UT TDT Date/time (max) 12:20:59 on 5 Jan TDT
Saros Series 50 Number in Series 52
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.0643 Central Magnitiude 1.0081
Gamma -0.448 Path Width (km)
Delta T 3h35m Error ± 10m48s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h42m Partial Duration 3h22m
Total Duration 14m18s
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 22:11:42 UTC.