A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 18 February, 1649 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 15:27 UT. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 3 hours and 22 minutes, just 45% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow).

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 22 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 15:27:44 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 16th eclipse in lunar Saros series 26.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 26, is linked to solar Saros series 33. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 15:27:44 on 18 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 02:06:00 on 19 Feb TDT
Saros Series 26 Number in Series 16
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.4492 Central Magnitiude -0.6369
Gamma 1.3364 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h38m Error ± 1h18m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 3h22m Partial Duration
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.