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October 27, 2004 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada

Oct 27, 2004 at 10:04 pm
Max View in Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Began: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 7:07 pm
Maximum: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 10:04 pm 1.308 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 1:01 am
Duration: 5 hours, 54 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

October 27–28, 2004 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Resolute Bay

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Resolute Bay. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (CDT) for Resolute Bay.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:07 pm Wed, Oct 27
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East 88°
12.1°
8:14 pm Wed, Oct 27
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East-southeast 104°
16.7°
9:23 pm Wed, Oct 27
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-southeast 121°
21.0°
10:04 pm Wed, Oct 27
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 131°
23.2°
10:44 pm Wed, Oct 27
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 141°
25.1°
11:53 pm Wed, Oct 27
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 159°
27.5°
1:01 am Thu, Oct 28
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 178°
28.6°

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The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Resolute Bay. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Oct 27–28)

In the past, this day was cloudy 80% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  2. Total Lunar Eclipse
  3. Why Does the Moon Turn Red?
  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
  6. Can I See a Lunar Eclipse?
  7. Blood Moon - Total Lunar Eclipse
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  9. What Is a Tetrad?
  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Resolute Bay

Eclipse Visibility From Resolute BayVisibility Worldwide
Jan 20–21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 30, 2000 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 30, 2001 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 19, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 30–31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 27–28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24, 2005 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17, 2005 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 28, 2007 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 20–21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Feb 9, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in Resolute Bay, or the path map image for global details. Currently shown eclipse is highlighted.

Next total solar eclipse visible in Resolute Bay

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