A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 8 May, 0845 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 18:54 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes, with 70% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 5 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 51 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 18:54:31 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 61st eclipse in lunar Saros series 27.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 27, is linked to solar Saros series 34. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 18:54:31 on 8 May UT TDT Date/time (max) 01:10:54 on 9 May TDT
Saros Series 27 Number in Series 61
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.6801 Central Magnitiude 0.6998
Gamma 0.6365 Path Width (km)
Delta T 6h16m Error ± 18m32s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h05m Partial Duration 2h51m
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 22:11:40 UTC.