A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 9 April, 0712 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 04:32 UT. In this extremely marginal eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow. This caused a microscopic darkening of just 11% of the Moon's disc for 1 hour and 37 minutes, which was essentially impossible to see.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 37 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 04:32:10 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 3 eclipses:

This was the 1st eclipse in lunar Saros series 59.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 59, is linked to solar Saros series 66. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 04:32:10 on 9 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 10:11:53 on 9 Apr TDT
Saros Series 59 Number in Series 1
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.1109 Central Magnitiude -0.9149
Gamma -1.5042 Path Width (km)
Delta T 5h40m Error ± 16m44s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 1h37m Partial Duration
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.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:41 UTC.