A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 7 October, 1559 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 10:54 UT. The Moon approached within 2% of the Earth's umbral shadow at maximum eclipse; 97% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth, with the overall eclipse lasting 4 hours and 6 minutes. While less dramatic than a partial eclipse (as no part of the Moon was in complete shadow), a shading across the Moon should have been readily visible to observers.
The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 6 minutes.
Maximum eclipse was at 10:54:47 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)
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 13th eclipse in lunar Saros series 31.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, lunar Saros series 31,
is linked to solar Saros series 38. The
nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
Eclipse Parameters
| UT Date/time (max) | 10:54:47 on 7 Oct UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 21:00:06 on 7 Oct TDT |
| Saros Series | 31 |
Number in Series | 13 |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | 0.9662 |
Central Magnitiude | -0.0219 |
| Gamma | -1.0277 |
Path Width (km) | |
| Delta T | 10h05m |
Error | ± 1h08m (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | 4h06m |
Partial Duration | |
| Total Duration | |
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| 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)
are in the TDT timescale.
Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:39 UTC.
