A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurred on Saturday 11 April, 1846 UT (30 Mar, 1846 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 18:11 UT. In this extremely marginal eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow. This caused a microscopic darkening of just 10% of the Moon's disc for 1 hour and 33 minutes, which was essentially impossible to see.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 33 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 18:11:30 UT.

During this eclipse the Moon was 6 days after apogee and 9 days before perigee. At maximum eclipse it was 0.521° in apparent diameter, which is 1.9% smaller than average. The statistics page has information on the ranges of the sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Interactive Map

This map shows the visibility of the eclipse at maximum eclipse, when it was visible within the bright area on the map. Note that the map is approximate, and if you were near the edge of the area of visibility, the moon was very close to the horizon and may not have been practically visible.

You can use the zoom controls to zoom in and out, and pan to see areas of interest. The green marker in the centre shows where the Moon will be directly overhead at maximum eclipse.

The interactive map is currently not available.

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 3 eclipses:

This was the 79th and last eclipse in lunar Saros series 100.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 100, is linked to solar Saros series 107. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 18:11:30 on 11 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 18:11:36 on 11 Apr TDT
Saros Series 100 Number in Series 79
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.0998 Central Magnitiude -0.9366
Gamma -1.5131 Path Width (km)
Delta T 0m06s Error ± 0m01s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 1h33m Partial Duration
Total Duration
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 150035359 km (60.8%) Moon Distance 388313 km (63.4%)
Sun Diameter 0.532° Moon Diameter 0.513° - 0.521°
Apogee 13:31 on 5 Apr UT Perigee 18:32 on 20 Apr UT

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.

The Sun and Moon distances are shown in km, and as a percentage of their minimum - maximum distances; hence 0% is the closest possible (Earth's perihelion, or the Moon's closest possible perigee) and 100% is the farthest (aphelion, the farthest apogee). The statistics page has information on the ranges of sizes of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed information on the Moon's key dates.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:46 UTC.