A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 15 August, 1603 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 19:21 UT. The Moon was almost covered by the Earth's shadow in a very deep partial eclipse, which lasted 3 hours and 18 minutes. With 96% of the Moon in shadow at maximum eclipse, this was quite a memorable event.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 35 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 18 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 19:21:38 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 19th 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) 19:21:38 on 15 Aug UT TDT Date/time (max) 05:42:53 on 16 Aug TDT
Saros Series 22 Number in Series 19
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.9901 Central Magnitiude 0.9565
Gamma 0.4822 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h21m Error ± 1h13m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h35m Partial Duration 3h18m
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.