A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 26 August, 1585 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 03:02 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for 25 minutes and 12 seconds. With the Moon just 3% 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 23 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 40 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 23 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 25 minutes and 12 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 03:02:51 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 20th eclipse in lunar Saros series 22.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 22, is linked to solar Saros series 29. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 03:02:51 on 26 Aug UT TDT Date/time (max) 13:17:34 on 26 Aug TDT
Saros Series 22 Number in Series 20
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.0657 Central Magnitiude 1.0254
Gamma 0.4428 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h15m Error ± 1h11m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h40m Partial Duration 3h23m
Total Duration 25m12s
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.