A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on 6 January, 1797 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 08:18 UT. This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours exactly, just 48% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow).

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 2 hours exactly. Maximum eclipse was at 08:18:13 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 3 eclipses:

This eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series -14.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series -14, is linked to solar Saros series -7. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 08:18:13 on 6 Jan UT TDT Date/time (max) 19:52:12 on 6 Jan TDT
Saros Series -14 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.4754 Central Magnitiude -0.5044
Gamma -1.2929 Path Width (km)
Delta T 11h34m Error ± 1h35m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 2h00m Partial Duration
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.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:38 UTC.