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Accuracy

Due to the erratic rotation of the Earth, the time and location of the eclipse cannot be forecast perfectly. This eclipse's time is estimated to be accurate ± 11m07s (with 95% confidence). This equates to an error in longitude of ± 2.78 degrees, or around ± 294 km (183 miles) at the latitude of greatest eclipse.

A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 6 February, 0245 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 21:31 UT. While technically a partial eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the Earth's umbral shadow, which may have been very difficult to observe in practice; though a shading across the moon from the Earth's penumbral shadow should have been visible at maximum eclipse. The partial eclipse lasted for 10 minutes and 36 seconds.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 22 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 10 minutes and 36 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 21:31:31 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 64th eclipse in lunar Saros series 39.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 39, is linked to solar Saros series 46. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 21:31:31 on 6 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 01:12:47 on 7 Feb TDT
Saros Series 39 Number in Series 64
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.0185 Central Magnitiude 0.0021
Gamma 1.007 Path Width (km)
Delta T 3h41m Error ± 11m07s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h22m Partial Duration 10m36s
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.