A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 23 March, 0507 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 20:57 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours and 6 minutes, with 70% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 47 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 6 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 20:57:55 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 28th eclipse in lunar Saros series 53.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 53, is linked to solar Saros series 60. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 20:57:55 on 23 Mar UT TDT Date/time (max) 01:44:46 on 24 Mar TDT
Saros Series 53 Number in Series 28
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.7799 Central Magnitiude 0.7007
Gamma -0.6093 Path Width (km)
Delta T 4h47m Error ± 14m08s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h47m Partial Duration 3h06m
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 22:11:41 UTC.