A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 30 July, 0253 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 14:36 UT. A tiny bite out of the Moon may have been visible at maximum, though just 6% of the Moon was shadowed in a partial eclipse which lasted for 53 minutes and 48 seconds. A shading across the moon from the Earth's penumbral shadow should have been visible at maximum eclipse.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 7 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 53 minutes and 48 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 14:36:28 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 3 eclipses:

This was the 8th eclipse in lunar Saros series 73.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 73, is linked to solar Saros series 80. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 14:36:28 on 30 Jul UT TDT Date/time (max) 18:19:20 on 30 Jul TDT
Saros Series 73 Number in Series 8
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.0184 Central Magnitiude 0.0607
Gamma -0.9909 Path Width (km)
Delta T 3h43m Error ± 11m13s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h07m Partial Duration 53m48s
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 22:11:42 UTC.