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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 ± 12m21s (with 95% confidence). This equates to an error in longitude of ± 3.09 degrees, or around ± 323 km (201 miles) at the latitude of greatest eclipse.

A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 22 January, 0355 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 23:48 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for just 19 minutes and 24 seconds. With the Moon just 2% of its diameter into 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 13 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 18 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 13 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 19 minutes and 24 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 23:48:56 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 27th eclipse in lunar Saros series 57.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 57, is linked to solar Saros series 64. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 23:48:56 on 22 Jan UT TDT Date/time (max) 03:55:05 on 23 Jan TDT
Saros Series 57 Number in Series 27
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.014 Central Magnitiude 1.0163
Gamma -0.4593 Path Width (km)
Delta T 4h06m Error ± 12m21s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h18m Partial Duration 3h13m
Total Duration 19m24s
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.