A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 2 September, 1697 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 13:30 UT. The Moon was almost covered by the Earth's shadow in a very deep partial eclipse, which lasted 3 hours and 21 minutes. With 91% of the Moon in shadow at maximum eclipse, this was quite a memorable event.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 50 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 21 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 13:30:38 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 15th 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) 13:30:38 on 2 Sep UT TDT Date/time (max) 00:26:30 on 3 Sep TDT
Saros Series 20 Number in Series 15
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.9807 Central Magnitiude 0.9057
Gamma 0.4987 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h56m Error ± 1h23m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h50m Partial Duration 3h21m
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.