A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on 23 December, 1908 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 10:30 UT. The Moon was plunged into darkness for 1 hour and 34 minutes, in a deep total eclipse which saw the Moon 45% of its diameter inside the Earth's umbral shadow. The visual effect of this depends on the state of the Earth's atmosphere, but the Moon may have been stained a deep red colour. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 51 minutes in total.
The penumbral eclipse lasted for 6 hours and 16 minutes.
The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 51 minutes.
The total eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 34 minutes.
Maximum eclipse was at 10:30:08 UT.
Eclipse Season and Saros Series
This eclipse season contains 3 eclipses:
This eclipse belongs to lunar Saros series 4.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, lunar Saros series 4,
is linked to solar Saros series 11. The
nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
Eclipse Parameters
| UT Date/time (max) | 10:30:08 on 23 Dec UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 22:47:02 on 23 Dec TDT |
| Saros Series | 4 |
Number in Series | |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | 2.5549 |
Central Magnitiude | 1.4519 |
| Gamma | 0.1935 |
Path Width (km) | |
| Delta T | 12h17m |
Error | ± 1h49m (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | 6h16m |
Partial Duration | 3h51m |
| Total Duration | 1h34m |
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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.
