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May 4, 2004 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

May 4, 2004 at 10:30 pm
Max View in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
Began: Tue, May 4, 2004 at 8:50 pm
Maximum: Tue, May 4, 2004 at 10:30 pm 1.303 Magnitude
Ended: Wed, May 5, 2004 at 1:08 am
Duration: 4 hours, 18 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

May 4–5, 2004 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Bochum

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

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
7:52 pm Tue, May 4Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 105°
-8.7°
8:48 pm Tue, May 4Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse begins Below horizonMap direction East-southeast 116°
-0.4°
8:50 pm Tue, May 4RisingMoonrise Rising, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase will make the moon so dim that it will be extremely difficult to view until moon gets higher in the sky or the total phase ends.Map direction East-southeast 116°
-0.2°
9:52 pm Tue, May 4
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to Southeast.		Map direction Southeast 129°
6.9°
10:30 pm Tue, May 4
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction Southeast 136°
10.9°
11:07 pm Tue, May 4
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 145°
14.3°
12:11 am Wed, May 5
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southeast 159°
18.5°
1:08 am Wed, May 5
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South 173°
20.2°

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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 Bochum. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (May 4–5)

In the past, this day was cloudy 73% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  4. Partial Lunar Eclipse
  5. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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  10. Magnitude of Eclipses
  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
  12. Why Two Dates for a Lunar Eclipse?

Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Bochum

Eclipse Visibility From BochumVisibility Worldwide
Jan 21, 2000 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 9, 2001 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 24–25, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 20, 2002 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 7, 2003 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
May 16, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 31, 2003 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 8–9, 2003 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 4–5, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jun 8, 2004 Venus TransitVenus Transit
Oct 28, 2004 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 3, 2005 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Mar 14–15, 2006 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2006 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 7, 2006 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 3–4, 2007 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Feb 21, 2008 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Aug 1, 2008 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 16–17, 2008 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 6, 2009 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 31, 2009 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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

Next total solar eclipse visible in Bochum

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