| Total Lunar Eclipse 27–28 October 2004 | |
|---|---|
 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.
- ^ 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.