A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 5 October, 1643 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 13:11 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for 30 minutes and 6 seconds. With the Moon just 4% 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 28 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 53 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 28 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 30 minutes and 6 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 13:11:41 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 18th eclipse in lunar Saros series 20.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 20, is linked to solar Saros series 27. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 13:11:41 on 5 Oct UT TDT Date/time (max) 23:47:30 on 5 Oct TDT
Saros Series 20 Number in Series 18
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.1118 Central Magnitiude 1.0352
Gamma 0.4277 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h36m Error ± 1h17m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h53m Partial Duration 3h28m
Total Duration 30m06s
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.