October 2004 lunar eclipse

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. It was the first lunar eclipse to take place during a World Series game, 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.



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.

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:

Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two solar eclipses of Solar Saros 143.