October 2004 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse October 27–28, 2004
By Fred Espenak at 3:03 UT, from Dunkirk, Maryland
The moon's path through the Earth's shadow.
Series (and member)	136 (19)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:20:35
Partial	3:38:41
Penumbral	5:53:46
Contacts
P1	0:07:17 UTC
U1	1:14:45 UTC
U2	2:23:51 UTC
Greatest	3:04:07 UTC
U3	3:44:20 UTC
U4	4:53:26 UTC
P4	6:01:03 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 when seen from Busch Memorial Stadium in St, Louis, Missouri, provided a surreal sight on the night the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years to end the Curse of the Bambino.

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 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

Timelapse photo from Hayward, California
Ault Field, Washington, 2:29 UT
Dunkirk, Maryland, 3:03 UT
From Kiuruvesi, Finland, 3:21 UT
Seattle, Washington
End of totality, 3:43 UT
Bellevue, Washington, 3:51 UT
Timelapse photo from A Coruña, Spain

Notes

↑ Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 136
↑ Shaughnessy 2005, pp. 225–226
↑ 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

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[1] Hermit Eclipse: Saros cycle 136

[Game4-Shaughnessy-2] Shaughnessy 2005, pp. 225–226

[LunarEclipse-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.