A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 18 February, 1706 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 18:32 UT. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 52% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 27 minutes.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 42 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 27 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 18:32:26 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 -4.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series -4, is linked to solar Saros series 3. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 18:32:26 on 18 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 05:31:52 on 19 Feb TDT
Saros Series -4 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.4839 Central Magnitiude 0.5241
Gamma -0.7378 Path Width (km)
Delta T 10h59m Error ± 1h24m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h42m Partial Duration 2h27m
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.