A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 5 December, 1730 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 20:33 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes, with 65% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 34 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 56 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 20:33:20 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 17.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 17, is linked to solar Saros series 24. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 20:33:20 on 5 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 07:41:29 on 6 Dec TDT
Saros Series 17 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.7231 Central Magnitiude 0.6475
Gamma -0.6393 Path Width (km)
Delta T 11h08m Error ± 1h27m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h34m Partial Duration 2h56m
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.