A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 10 January, 0959 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 23:52 UT. The Moon was almost covered by the Earth's shadow in a very deep partial eclipse, which lasted 3 hours and 22 minutes. With 91% of the Moon in shadow at maximum eclipse, this was quite a memorable event.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 55 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 22 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 23:52:20 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 25th eclipse in lunar Saros series 38.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 38, is linked to solar Saros series 45. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 23:52:20 on 10 Jan UT TDT Date/time (max) 06:41:45 on 11 Jan TDT
Saros Series 38 Number in Series 25
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.9992 Central Magnitiude 0.9107
Gamma 0.4923 Path Width (km)
Delta T 6h49m Error ± 20m10s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h55m Partial Duration 3h22m
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.