A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 25 November, 1721 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 16:28 UT. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 27% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 58 minutes.
The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 1 minute. The partial eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 58 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 16:28:53 UT.
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.)
This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:
This eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series -2.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, lunar Saros series -2, is linked to solar Saros series 5. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
UT Date/time (max) | 16:28:53 on 25 Nov UT | TDT Date/time (max) | 03:33:39 on 26 Nov TDT |
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Saros Series | -2 | Number in Series | |
Penumbral Magnitiude | 1.3293 | Central Magnitiude | 0.2689 |
Gamma | -0.8497 | Path Width (km) | |
Delta T | 11h05m | Error | ± 1h26m (95%) |
Penumbral Duration | 5h01m | Partial Duration | 1h58m |
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 22:11:38 UTC.