A penumbral eclipse of the Moon occurs on Sunday 9 April, 2248 UT, with maximum eclipse at 00:33 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 18% of the Moon's disc for 2 hours and 1 minute, which will be essentially impossible to see.

The penumbral eclipse lasts for 2 hours and 1 minute. Maximum eclipse is at 00:33:04 UT.

During this eclipse the Moon will be 6 days after perigee and 7 days before apogee. At maximum eclipse it will be 0.529° in apparent diameter, which is around 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 3rd eclipse in lunar Saros series 155.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 155, is linked to solar Saros series 162. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 00:33:04 on 9 Apr UT TDT Date/time (max) 00:42:30 on 9 Apr TDT
Saros Series 155 Number in Series 3
Penumbral Magnitiude 0.179 Central Magnitiude -0.8443
Gamma -1.4664 Path Width (km)
Delta T 9m26s Error ± 6m34s (95%)
Penumbral Duration 2h01m Partial Duration
Total Duration
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 149647517 km (52.8%) Moon Distance 382396 km (51.7%)
Sun Diameter 0.533° Moon Diameter 0.521° - 0.529°
Perigee 14:46 on 2 Apr UT Apogee 03:35 on 16 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 22:11:47 UTC.