A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 23 July, 1685 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 00:50 UT. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes, just 59% 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 16 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 00:50:03 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 3 eclipses:

This was the 6th eclipse in lunar Saros series 31.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 31, is linked to solar Saros series 38. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 00:50:03 on 23 Jul UT TDT Date/time (max) 11:41:29 on 23 Jul TDT
Saros Series 31 Number in Series 6
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.5924 Central Magnitiude -0.3626
Gamma -1.2223 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h51m Error ± 1h22m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 3h16m 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.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:39 UTC.