A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 24 April, 1476 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 21:39 UT. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 49% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 24 minutes.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 40 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 24 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 21:39:27 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 26th 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) 21:39:27 on 24 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 07:15:31 on 25 Apr TDT
Saros Series 27 Number in Series 26
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.4408 Central Magnitiude 0.4906
Gamma -0.7586 Path Width (km)
Delta T 9h36m Error ± 59m32s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h40m Partial Duration 2h24m
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 22:11:39 UTC.