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It was visible throughout most of Europe and Asia, eastern Africa, Indian Ocean and western South America including the Pacific Ocean. The eclipse seen in eastern Asia before sunrise and western South America after sunset. The eclipse was seen over and the Philippines at dawn. Mid Eclipse was visible during moonset in Eastern Australia.
This is the second eclipse this season.
First eclipse this season: 19 April 2004 Partial Solar Eclipse
APOD 2004 May 6, A Lunar Eclipse Mosaic, from Greece
APOD 2004 May 8, Good Morning Sydney, Sydney Australia
Photos
21st-century lunar eclipses, 2004-05 2004 in science May 2004 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub
lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...
took place on Tuesday 4 May 2004, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2004, the second being on 28 October 2004.
Visibility
It was visible throughout most of Europe and Asia, eastern Africa, Indian Ocean and western South America including the Pacific Ocean. The eclipse seen in eastern Asia before sunrise and western South America after sunset. The eclipse was seen over and the Philippines at dawn. Mid Eclipse was visible during moonset in Eastern Australia.
Related lunar eclipses
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
Metonic series
Tritos series
* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 4 June 1993 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of 5 April 2015Tzolkinex
* Preceded: Lunar eclipse of 24 March 1997 * Followed: Lunar eclipse of 15 June 2011Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, ''The half-saros'' This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses ofSolar Saros 138
Saros cycle series 138 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. 16 of these are partial solar eclipses. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.
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See also
* List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses * May 2003 lunar eclipse *November 2003 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse took place on Sunday, November 9, 2003, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2003, the first being on May 16, 2003. It is the first total lunar eclipse of 21st century which happened on a micromoon day. The Moon barely ...
*October 2004 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse took place on October 27–28, 2004, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2004, the first being on May 4, 2004. It was the first lunar eclipse to take place during a World Series game, which when seen from Busch Memor ...
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External links
* NASA **APOD 2004 May 6, A Lunar Eclipse Mosaic, from Greece
APOD 2004 May 8, Good Morning Sydney, Sydney Australia
Photos
21st-century lunar eclipses, 2004-05 2004 in science May 2004 events {{lunar-eclipse-stub