A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 3 January, 1908 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 09:59 UT. The Moon was almost covered by the Earth's shadow in a very deep partial eclipse, which lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes. With 91% of the Moon in shadow at maximum eclipse, this was quite a memorable event.
The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 46 minutes.
The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 19 minutes.
Maximum eclipse was at 09:59:35 UT.
Eclipse Season and Saros Series
This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:
This eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series -6.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, lunar Saros series -6,
is linked to solar Saros series 1. The
nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
Eclipse Parameters
| UT Date/time (max) | 09:59:35 on 3 Jan UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 22:16:52 on 3 Jan TDT |
| Saros Series | -6 |
Number in Series | |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | 1.9793 |
Central Magnitiude | 0.9082 |
| Gamma | -0.4984 |
Path Width (km) | |
| Delta T | 12h17m |
Error | ± 1h49m (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | 5h46m |
Partial Duration | 3h19m |
| 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.
Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:38 UTC.
