A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 9 June, 1776 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 17:26 UT. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 36% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 6 minutes.
The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 32 minutes.
The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 6 minutes.
Maximum eclipse was at 17:26:57 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)
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 11th 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) | 17:26:57 on 9 Jun UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 04:52:44 on 10 Jun TDT |
| Saros Series | 21 |
Number in Series | 11 |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | 1.3122 |
Central Magnitiude | 0.3584 |
| Gamma | -0.8297 |
Path Width (km) | |
| Delta T | 11h26m |
Error | ± 1h33m (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | 4h32m |
Partial Duration | 2h06m |
| Total Duration | |
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| 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)
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.
