May 2004 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
May 4-5, 2004 [1]

Haifa, Israel

The moon's path through the earth's shadow.
Series (and member) 131 (33 of 72)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality 01:16:20
Partial 03:23:56
Penumbral 05:18:44
Contacts
P1 17:50:54 UTC
U1 18:48:20 UTC
U2 19:52:07 UTC
Greatest 20:30:17 UTC
U3 21:08:27 UTC
U4 22:12:15 UTC
P4 23:09:37 UTC

The moon's path across shadow in Libra.

A total lunar eclipse took place on May 4, 2004, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2004. The second total lunar eclipse occurred on October 28, 2004.

[edit] Relation to other lunar eclipses

This eclipse is the third of four Metonic cycle lunar eclipses on the same date, May 4-5, each separated by 19 years:

  1. May 4, 1966 [2] - penumbral (Saros series 111)
  2. May 4, 1985 [3] - total (Saros series 121)
  3. May 4, 2004 - total (Saros series 131)
  4. May 4, 2023 [4] - penumbral (Saros series 141)



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

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