A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 12 July, 1722 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 16:16 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes, with 73% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 53 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 49 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 16:16:24 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 14th eclipse in lunar Saros series 21.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 21, is linked to solar Saros series 28. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 16:16:24 on 12 Jul UT TDT Date/time (max) 03:21:41 on 13 Jul TDT
Saros Series 21 Number in Series 14
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.6879 Central Magnitiude 0.7343
Gamma -0.6249 Path Width (km)
Delta T 11h05m Error ± 1h26m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h53m Partial Duration 2h49m
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.