A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 4 April, 1485 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 14:19 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for just 19 minutes and 24 seconds. With the Moon just 2% 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 4 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 9 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 19 minutes and 24 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 14:19:29 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 eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series 8.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 8, is linked to solar Saros series 15. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 14:19:29 on 4 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 23:58:43 on 4 Apr TDT
Saros Series 8 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.9648 Central Magnitiude 1.017
Gamma -0.4724 Path Width (km)
Delta T 9h39m Error ± 1h00m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h04m Partial Duration 3h09m
Total Duration 19m24s
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 22:11:39 UTC.