A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurs on Friday 20 September, 2165 UT, with maximum eclipse at 06:59 UT. In this extremely marginal eclipse, the Moon barely clips the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow. This will cause a microscopic darkening of just 11% of the Moon's disc for 1 hour and 27 minutes, which will be essentially impossible to see.

The penumbral eclipse lasts for 1 hour and 27 minutes. Maximum eclipse is at 06:59:14 UT.

During this eclipse the Moon will be at perigee, making it extremely large. At maximum eclipse it will be 0.567° in apparent diameter, which is 6.8% 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 will be visible within the bright area on the map. Note that the map is approximate, and if you are near the edge of the area of visibility, the moon will be very close to the horizon and may not be 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 is the 2nd eclipse in lunar Saros series 159.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 06:59:14 on 20 Sep UT TDT Date/time (max) 07:05:16 on 20 Sep TDT
Saros Series 159 Number in Series 2
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.1074 Central Magnitiude -0.8447
Gamma -1.4858 Path Width (km)
Delta T 6m02s Error ± 3m27s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 1h27m Partial Duration
Total Duration
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 150328357 km (66.9%) Moon Distance 357403 km (2.0%)
Sun Diameter 0.531° Moon Diameter 0.557° - 0.567°
Perigee 21:25 on 19 Sep UT Apogee 21:07 on 2 Oct 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 22:11:47 UTC.