A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 5 October, 1681 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 20:32 UT. At maximum eclipse, a small bite out of the Moon should have been visible. The eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 32 minutes, with just 15% of the Moon in shadow at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 58 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 32 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 20:32:11 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 eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series 0.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 0, is linked to solar Saros series 7. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 20:32:11 on 5 Oct UT TDT Date/time (max) 07:22:03 on 6 Oct TDT
Saros Series 0 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.2229 Central Magnitiude 0.1515
Gamma -0.9107 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h50m Error ± 1h22m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h58m Partial Duration 1h32m
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.