October 2004 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse October 27–28, 2004
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		Saros Photo	Date View	Type Chart
111	2002 May 26	penumbral		116	2002 Nov 20	penumbral
121	2003 May 16	total		126	2003 Nov 09	total
131	2004 May 04	total		136	2004 Oct 28	total
141	2005 Apr 24	penumbral		146	2005 Oct 17	partial
Last set	2002 Jun 24			Last set	2001 Dec 30
Next set	2006 Mar 14			Next set	2006 Sep 7

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
Ascending node	Descending node
1966 May 4 - Penumbral (111) 1985 May 4 - Total (121) 2004 May 4 - Total (131) 2023 May 5 - Penumbral (141)	1966 Oct 29 - Penumbral (116) 1985 Oct 28 - Total (126) 2004 Oct 28 - Total (136) 2023 Oct 28 - Partial (146)

Photo gallery

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  Timelapse photo from Hayward, California

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  Ault Field, Washington, 2:29 UT

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  Dunkirk, Maryland, 3:03 UT

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  From Kiuruvesi, Finland, 3:21 UT

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  Seattle, Washington, USA
  End of totality, 3:43 UT

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  Bellevue, Washington, 3:51 UT

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  Timelapse photo from A Coruña, Spain

See also

• List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
• May 2003 lunar eclipse
• November 2003 lunar eclipse
• May 2004 lunar eclipse

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.

External links

• NASA
  • Total Lunar Eclipse of Oct. 27, 2004
  • 2004 Oct 28 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Saros series 136
• APOD: October 29, 2004
• APOD: October 30, 2004
• Lunar Eclipse gallery
• Photo by Wade B Clark Jr. near Lyman, Washington, USA
• Spaceweather.com: Lunar eclipse gallery