A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 22 May, 0659 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 15:25 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for a brief 9 minutes and 6 seconds. With the Moon just barely inside 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 14 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 17 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 14 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 9 minutes and 6 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 15:25:48 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 32nd eclipse in lunar Saros series 49.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 49, is linked to solar Saros series 56. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 15:25:48 on 22 May UT TDT Date/time (max) 20:51:23 on 22 May TDT
Saros Series 49 Number in Series 32
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.9797 Central Magnitiude 1.0035
Gamma -0.4721 Path Width (km)
Delta T 5h26m Error ± 16m02s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h17m Partial Duration 3h14m
Total Duration 9m06s
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 22:11:41 UTC.