A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 12 February, 1966 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 19:28 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes, with 85% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 34 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 12 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 19:28:19 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 -8.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series -8, is linked to solar Saros series -1. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 19:28:19 on 12 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 08:08:41 on 13 Feb TDT
Saros Series -8 Number in Series
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.8928 Central Magnitiude 0.8518
Gamma -0.5373 Path Width (km)
Delta T 12h40m Error ± 1h57m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h34m Partial Duration 3h12m
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.