A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 23 December, 0261 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 20:23 UT. At maximum eclipse, 95% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, which caused a slight shadow gradient across its disc; this subtle effect may have been visible to careful observers. No part of the Moon was in complete shadow. The eclipse lasted 4 hours and 32 minutes overall.
The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 32 minutes.
Maximum eclipse was at 20:23:09 UT.
Overview Map
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shows the visibility of the eclipse. (Click on it for the
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Eclipse Season and Saros Series
This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:
This was the 16th eclipse in lunar Saros series 69.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, lunar Saros series 69,
is linked to solar Saros series 76. The
nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
Eclipse Parameters
| UT Date/time (max) | 20:23:09 on 23 Dec UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 00:07:39 on 24 Dec TDT |
| Saros Series | 69 |
Number in Series | 16 |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | 0.9478 |
Central Magnitiude | -0.1316 |
| Gamma | -1.0628 |
Path Width (km) | |
| Delta T | 3h45m |
Error | ± 11m18s (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | 4h32m |
Partial Duration | |
| Total Duration | |
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| 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)
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.
