A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 15 March, 1939 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 13:08 UT. The Earth's shadow on the moon was clearly visible in this eclipse, with 38% of the Moon in shadow; the partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 20 minutes.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 9 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 20 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 13:08:27 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 11.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 11, is linked to solar Saros series 18. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 13:08:27 on 15 Mar UT TDT Date/time (max) 01:37:58 on 16 Mar TDT
Saros Series 11 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.4221 Central Magnitiude 0.3815
Gamma -0.7937 Path Width (km)
Delta T 12h30m Error ± 1h54m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h09m Partial Duration 2h20m
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.