A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 26 July, 1574 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 02:04 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for 23 minutes and 36 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 29 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 53 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 29 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 23 minutes and 36 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 02:04:23 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 15th eclipse in lunar Saros series 23.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 23, is linked to solar Saros series 30. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 02:04:23 on 26 Jul UT TDT Date/time (max) 12:15:10 on 26 Jul TDT
Saros Series 23 Number in Series 15
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.0835 Central Magnitiude 1.021
Gamma -0.4392 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h11m Error ± 1h10m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h53m Partial Duration 3h29m
Total Duration 23m36s
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.