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Image:Lunar-eclipse-2004.jpg|Timelapse photo from [[Hayward, California]]
Image:Lunar-eclipse-2004.jpg|Timelapse photo from [[Hayward, California]]
Image:US Navy 041027-N-9500T-001 The moon turns red and orange during a total lunar eclipse.jpg|[[Ault Field, Washington]], 2:29 UT
Image:FrauBucher - redmoonTrio espenak full (by).jpg|03:03 UT
Image:FrauBucher - redmoonTrio espenak full (by).jpg|Dunkirk, Maryland, 3:03 UT
Image:Lunar_eclipse_28102004.jpg|From [[Finland]]
Image:Lunar_eclipse_28102004.jpg|From [[Kiuruvesi]], [[Finland]], 3:21 UT
Image:Ckindel - Lunar Eclipse Oct 27, 2004 (by-sa).jpg|[[Bellevue, WA]], USA
Image:J.C. Rojas - Lunar Eclipse (by-sa).jpg|[[A Coruña]], [[Spain]]
Image:Marshmallow - DSC 0176 (by).jpg|[[Seattle]], Washington, USA<BR>End of totality, 3:43 UT
Image:Marshmallow - DSC 0176 (by).jpg|[[Seattle, WA]], USA<BR>Moon leaving totality, 3:43 UT
Image:Ckindel - Lunar Eclipse Oct 27, 2004 (by-sa).jpg|[[Bellevue, Washington]], USA, 3:51 UT
Image:J.C. Rojas - Lunar Eclipse (by-sa).jpg|Timelapse photo from [[A Coruña]], [[Spain]]


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Revision as of 13:04, 3 April 2016

Total Lunar Eclipse
October 27–28, 2004 [1]

Fred Espenak, 3:03 UT
Dunkirk, Maryland

The moon's path through the Earth's shadow.
Series (and member) 136 (19)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 01:21:14
Partial 03:39:20
Penumbral 05:57:08
Contacts
P1 00:05:35 UTC
U1 01:14:26 UTC
U2 02:23:28 UTC
Greatest 03:04:07 UTC
U3 03:44:43 UTC
U4 04:53:45 UTC
P4 06:02:44 UTC

The moon's path across shadow in Aries.

A total lunar eclipse took place on October 28, 2004, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2004, the first being on May 4, 2004.[1] It was the first lunar eclipse to take place during a World Series game,[2][3] which coincidentally featured the Boston Red Sox.

Visibility

This eclipse was completely visible from all of North and South America, and visible from most of Europe and Africa.

Relation to other lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

It is the third of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 2002–2005
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros
Photo
Date
View
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros
Photo
Date
View
Type
Chart
Gamma
111 2002 May 26
penumbral
1.1759 116 2002 Nov 20
penumbral
−1.1127
121
2003 May 16
total
0.4123 126
2003 Nov 09
total
−0.4319
131
2004 May 04
total
−0.3132 136
2004 Oct 28
total
0.2846
141 2005 Apr 24
penumbral
−1.0885 146
2005 Oct 17
partial
0.9796
Last set 2002 Jun 24 Last set 2001 Dec 30
Next set 2006 Mar 14 Next set 2006 Sep 07


Saros series

This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 136, and the first of the series that passes through the center of the Earth's shadow. The next occurrence will be on November 8, 2022.

Metonic series

This eclipse is the third of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, October 28–29, each separated by 19 years:

The metonic cycle repeats nearly exactly every 19 years and represents a Saros cycle plus one lunar year. Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

Metonic events: May 4 and October 28
Descending node Ascending node
  1. 1966 May 4 - Penumbral (111)
  2. 1985 May 4 - Total (121)
  3. 2004 May 4 - Total (131)
  4. 2023 May 5 - Penumbral (141)
  1. 1966 Oct 29 - Penumbral (116)
  2. 1985 Oct 28 - Total (126)
  3. 2004 Oct 28 - Total (136)
  4. 2023 Oct 28 - Partial (146)
  5. 2042 Oct 28 - Penumbral (156)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 136
  2. ^ Shaughnessy 2005, pp. 225–226
  3. ^ Shaughnessy, Dan (October 28, 2004). "YES!!!: Red Sox complete sweep, win first Series since 1918". The Boston Globe. p. A1. Retrieved June 20, 2011.