A total eclipse of the Moon occurred on Sunday 25 October, 1874 UT (13 Oct, 1874 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 07:16 UT. The Moon barely edged into total eclipse for 32 minutes and 42 seconds. With the Moon just 5% of its diameter into the Earth's umbral shadow, the Moon may have been quite bright, but even so, this should have been worth seeing. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 9 minutes in total.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 5 hours and 5 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 3 hours and 9 minutes. The total eclipse lasted for 32 minutes and 42 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 07:16:25 UT.

During this eclipse the Moon was at perigee, making it extremely large. At maximum eclipse it was 0.568° in apparent diameter, which is 7.0% larger 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 2 eclipses:

This was the 19th eclipse in lunar Saros series 134.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 134, is linked to solar Saros series 141. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 07:16:25 on 25 Oct UT TDT Date/time (max) 07:16:22 on 25 Oct TDT
Saros Series 134 Number in Series 19
Penumbral Magnitiude 2.0108 Central Magnitiude 1.0497
Gamma 0.451 Path Width (km)
Delta T -1m-3s Error ± 0m00s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 5h05m Partial Duration 3h09m
Total Duration 32m42s
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 148657357 km (32.3%) Moon Distance 356756 km (0.7%)
Sun Diameter 0.537° Moon Diameter 0.558° - 0.568°
Perigee 05:15 on 25 Oct UT Apogee 14:52 on 7 Nov 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.