October 2004 lunar eclipse
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Total Lunar Eclipse October 27-28, 2004 [1]
Seattle, WA, USA Moon leaving totality
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 total lunar eclipse occurred on May 4, 2004.

The next penumbral eclipse was on April 14, 2005. The next partial lunar eclipse was on October 17, 2005. The next total lunar eclipse was on March 3, 2007.

Relation to other lunar eclipses

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

1. October 29, 1966 [2] - penumbral (Saros series 116)
2. October 28, 1985 [3] - total (Saros series 126)
3. October 28, 2004 - total (Saros series 136)
4. October 28, 2023 [4] - partial (Saros series 146)

The moon's path through the earth's shadow near its ascending node progresses northward through each sequential eclipse. The second and third are total eclipses.

Photo gallery

Timelapse photo from Hayward, California		From Finland
Bellevue, USA	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

External links

• NASA
  • Total Lunar Eclipse of Oct. 27, 2004
  • Chart
  • Saros series 136
• APOD: October 29, 2004
• APOD: October 30, 2004
• Lunar Eclipse gallery

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