October 2004 lunar eclipse
Total Lunar Eclipse 27–28 October 2004 | |
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Taken by Fred Espenak at 3:03 UT, from Dunkirk, Maryland | |
The Moon's path through the Earth's shadow. | |
Series (and member) | 136 (19 of 72) |
Gamma | 0.2846 |
Magnitude | +1.3132 |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 1:20:29 |
Partial | 3:38:41 |
Penumbral | 5:53:46 |
Contacts (UTC) | |
P1 | 0:07:17 |
U1 | 1:14:45 |
U2 | 2:23:51 |
Greatest | 3:04:07 |
U3 | 3:44:20 |
U4 | 4:53:26 |
P4 | 6:01:03 |
The Moon's hourly motion across the Earth's shadow in the constellation of Aries. |
A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday 28 October 2004, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2004, the first being on 4 May 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. Occurring 5.6 days before apogee (Apogee on 2 November 2004), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller. The Moon was 10.1 days after perigee and 5.6 days before apogee.
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
Eclipse season
This is the second eclipse this season.
First eclipse this season: 14 October 2004 Partial Solar Eclipse
Eclipses of 2004
- A partial solar eclipse on 19 April.
- A total lunar eclipse on 4 May.
- A partial solar eclipse on 14 October.
- A total lunar eclipse on 28 October.
Lunar year series
It is the third of four lunar year cycles, repeating every 354 days.
Lunar eclipse series sets from 2002–2005 | ||||||||
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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 was a part of Saros cycle 136. The next occurrence will be on 8 November 2022. Solar Saros 143 interleaves with this lunar saros with an event occurring every 9 years 5 days alternating between each saros series. The greatest eclipse will occur on 21 April 2293, lasting 101 minutes and 23.5 seconds. The last total lunar eclipse will be on 7 July 2419 and the last partial lunar eclipse on 3 October 2563. The final lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 136 will be on 1 June 2960.
Metonic series
This eclipse is the third of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, 28–29 October, 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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Descending node | Ascending node |
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Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[4] This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 143.
24 October 1995 | 3 November 2013 |
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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
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, Dan (2005). Reversing the Curse. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 225–226. ISBN 0-618-51748-0.
- ^ Shaughnessy, Dan (October 28, 2004). "YES!!!: Red Sox complete sweep, win first Series since 1918". The Boston Globe. p. A1. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
- ^ Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- NASA
- Total Lunar Eclipse of Oct. 27, 2004
- 2004 Oct 28 chart: Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Saros series 136
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Red Moon Triple (29 October 2004)
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Pumpkin Moon (30 October 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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