A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 24 February, 0320 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 05:59 UT. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 12 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 24% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 34 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 46 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 34 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 12 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 05:59:13 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 54th eclipse in lunar Saros series 47.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 47, is linked to solar Saros series 54. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 05:59:13 on 24 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 09:57:04 on 24 Feb TDT
Saros Series 47 Number in Series 54
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.2773 Central Magnitiude 1.2389
Gamma 0.327 Path Width (km)
Delta T 3h58m Error ± 11m57s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h46m Partial Duration 3h34m
Total Duration 1h12m
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.