A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 16 December, 1172 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 00:30 UT. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes, just 30% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow).

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 40 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 00:30:06 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 11th eclipse in lunar Saros series 45.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 45, is linked to solar Saros series 52. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 00:30:06 on 16 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 08:24:29 on 16 Dec TDT
Saros Series 45 Number in Series 11
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.3037 Central Magnitiude -0.7545
Gamma -1.408 Path Width (km)
Delta T 7h54m Error ± 32m28s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 2h40m 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 22:11:40 UTC.