A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 3 March, 0999 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 13:32 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for 29 minutes exactly. With the Moon just 4% of its diameter into 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 9 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 5 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 9 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 29 minutes exactly. Maximum eclipse was at 13:32:28 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 30th eclipse in lunar Saros series 36.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 36, is linked to solar Saros series 43. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 13:32:28 on 3 Mar UT TDT Date/time (max) 20:33:44 on 3 Mar TDT
Saros Series 36 Number in Series 30
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.9942 Central Magnitiude 1.0386
Gamma 0.4585 Path Width (km)
Delta T 7h01m Error ± 20m45s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h05m Partial Duration 3h09m
Total Duration 29m00s
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.