A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 23 March, 1530 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 22:56 UT. At maximum eclipse, a small bite out of the Moon should have been visible. The eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 11 minutes, with just 11% of the Moon in shadow at maximum.

The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 13 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 1 hour and 11 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 22:56:50 UT.

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 23rd eclipse in lunar Saros series 27.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, lunar Saros series 27, is linked to solar Saros series 34. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 22:56:50 on 23 Mar UT TDT Date/time (max) 08:51:59 on 24 Mar TDT
Saros Series 27 Number in Series 23
Penumbral Magnitiude 1.0675 Central Magnitiude 0.1056
Gamma -0.9653 Path Width (km)
Delta T 9h55m Error ± 1h05m (95%)
Penumbral Duration 4h13m Partial Duration 1h11m
Total Duration
Partial Rating Total Rating

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. For this eclipse, this makes the date shown on this site different to NASA's date.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:39 UTC.