October 2004 lunar eclipse
| Total Lunar Eclipse October 27–28, 2004 [1] |
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 Fred Espenak, 3:03 UT Dunkirk, MD |
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 The moon's path through the Earth's shadow. |
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| 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 |
| 240px The moon's path across shadow in Aries. |
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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.
Contents
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 |
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| 111 | 2002 May 26 |
penumbral |
116 |
2002 Nov 20 |
penumbral |
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121 |
2003 May 16 |
total |
126 |
2003 Nov 09 |
total |
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131 |
2004 May 04 |
total |
136 |
2004 Oct 28 |
total |
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| 141 |
2005 Apr 24 |
penumbral |
146 |
2005 Oct 17 |
partial |
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| 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 | |
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| Ascending node | Descending node |
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| 240px | 240px |
Photo gallery
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Timelapse photo from Hayward, California
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FrauBucher - redmoonTrio espenak full (by).jpg
03:03 UT
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Lunar eclipse 28102004.jpg
From Finland
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Ckindel - Lunar Eclipse Oct 27, 2004 (by-sa).jpg
Bellevue, WA, USA
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Marshmallow - DSC 0176 (by).jpg
Seattle, WA, USA
Moon leaving totality, 3:43 UT
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
- ↑ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 136
- ↑ Shaughnessy 2005, pp. 225–226
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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
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- Spaceweather.com: Lunar eclipse gallery
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