A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, October 28, 2004,[1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.3100.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow.

Occurring about 5.4 days before apogee (on November 2, 2004, at 13:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

The eclipse was completely visible over much of North and South America, west Africa, and western Europe, seen rising over western North America and the Pacific Ocean and setting over Africa, eastern Europe, and west Asia.

Because it occurs on the same calendar date, the Earth's shadow will in nearly the same location relative to the background stars.

The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 35 at 101 minutes, 23 seconds on April 21, 2293.