A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 20 October, 0890 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 11:48 UT. A tiny bite out of the Moon may have been visible at maximum, though just 6% of the Moon was shadowed in a partial eclipse which lasted for 55 minutes exactly. A shading across the moon from the Earth's penumbral shadow should have been visible at maximum eclipse.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 39 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 55 minutes exactly. Maximum eclipse was at 11:48:36 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 13th eclipse in lunar Saros series 51.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 51, is linked to solar Saros series 58. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 11:48:36 on 20 Oct UT TDT Date/time (max) 18:17:41 on 20 Oct TDT
Saros Series 51 Number in Series 13
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.1057 Central Magnitiude 0.0554
Gamma -0.9688 Path Width (km)
Delta T 6h29m Error ± 19m10s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h39m Partial Duration 55m00s
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 22:11:40 UTC.