A partial eclipse of the Sun occurred on 16 December, 1944 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 08:47 UT. With only 5% of the Sun covered at maximum eclipse, this was a very marginal eclipse at best, and rather uninteresting.

Maximum eclipse was at 08:47:35 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 partial solar eclipse. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 3 eclipses:

This eclipse belongs to solar Saros series 30.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 08:47:35 on 16 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 21:18:48 on 16 Dec TDT
Saros Series 30 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.0512
Gamma -1.5092 Path Width (km) 0
Delta T 12h31m Error ± 1h54m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 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.