A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 28 February, 0646 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 23:13 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 2 hours and 52 minutes, with 74% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 2 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 52 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 23:13:05 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 58th eclipse in lunar Saros series 32.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 32, is linked to solar Saros series 39. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 23:13:05 on 28 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 04:35:19 on 1 Mar TDT
Saros Series 32 Number in Series 58
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.7195 Central Magnitiude 0.7399
Gamma -0.6148 Path Width (km)
Delta T 5h22m Error ± 15m52s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h02m Partial Duration 2h52m
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.