A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 20 April, 0648 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 23:51 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes, with 63% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 42 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 58 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 23:51:31 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 50.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 50, is linked to solar Saros series 57. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 23:51:31 on 20 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 05:14:14 on 21 Apr TDT
Saros Series 50 Number in Series 28
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.6973 Central Magnitiude 0.6253
Gamma 0.6523 Path Width (km)
Delta T 5h23m Error ± 15m54s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h42m Partial Duration 2h58m
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.