Saros Series of Lunar Eclipses

Lunar Eclipses in Saros Series -16

This page lists all the lunar eclipses in saros series -16 which are in our database. Note that the beginning of this series is not included in our database, so the list below only covers the latter part of the series.

This series is partnered with solar Saros series -9.

21 Nov, 2000 BC max: 07:30 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.81; Saros -16)	This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 81% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 53 minutes.
2 Dec, 1982 BC max: 16:19 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.81; Saros -16)	This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 81% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 54 minutes.
13 Dec, 1964 BC max: 01:04 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.80; Saros -16)	This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 80% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 53 minutes.
24 Dec, 1946 BC max: 09:44 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.78; Saros -16)	This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 78% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 52 minutes.
3 Jan, 1927 BC max: 18:16 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.76; Saros -16)	This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 76% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 49 minutes.
15 Jan, 1909 BC max: 02:41 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.72; Saros -16)	This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 72% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes.
25 Jan, 1891 BC max: 10:55 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.67; Saros -16)	This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 67% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 39 minutes.
5 Feb, 1873 BC max: 19:01 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.61; Saros -16)	This subtle penumbral eclipse may have been visible to a skilled observer at maximum eclipse. 61% of the Moon's disc was partially shaded by the Earth (none of it was in total shadow), which caused a gentle shadow gradient across its disc at maximum; the eclipse as a whole lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes.
16 Feb, 1855 BC max: 02:54 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.53; Saros -16)	This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 3 hours and 18 minutes, just 53% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow).
27 Feb, 1837 BC max: 10:39 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.44; Saros -16)	This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes, just 44% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow).
9 Mar, 1819 BC max: 18:13 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.33; Saros -16)	This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes, just 33% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow).
20 Mar, 1801 BC max: 01:38 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.22; Saros -16)	This very subtle penumbral eclipse was essentially invisible to the naked eye; though it lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes, just 22% of the Moon's disc was in partial shadow (with no part of it in complete shadow).
31 Mar, 1783 BC max: 08:53 UT Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (penum. mag. 0.09; Saros -16)	In this extremely marginal eclipse, the Moon barely clipped the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow. This caused a microscopic darkening of just 9% of the Moon's disc for 1 hour and 27 minutes, which was essentially impossible to see.