Red Moon and Spica By Denise Dube
by Denise Dube
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Red Moon and Spica By Denise Dube
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Denise Dube
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Photograph - Photography, Fine Art
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The first Blood Moon eclipse in a series of four happened on the night of April 14-15, 2014. The next one will be on the night of October 7-8, 2014.
Within a year and a half, North America will be able to see a blood moon a total of four times. The moon takes on this color during the eclipse as it passes through the Earth's shadow, into which red light from the planet's sunrises and sunsets shines. According to NASA, the exact color depends on what is in the Earth's atmosphere.
The four blood moons will occur in roughly six-month intervals on the following dates: April 15, 2014; October 8, 2014; April 4, 2015, and September 28, 2015.
Christians speak of a lunar tetrad as representing a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. After all, the moon is supposed to turn blood red before the end times, isn't it? As described in Joel 2:31 (Common English Bible): The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar. In any year, it's inevitable that a full moon should fall on or near the feasts of Passover (15 Nissan) and Tabernacles (15 Tishri). Nissan and Tishri are the first and seventh months of the Jewish calendar, respectively.
It is somewhat ironic that three of these four lunar eclipses are not visible, even in part from Israel. The only eclipse that can be seen at all from Israel is the tail end of the September 28, 2015 eclipse, which may be observable for a short while before sunrise.
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June 12th, 2014
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Jon Williams
Nice moon shots! I'm searching for others that have some excellent photos of the blood red moon and came across yours. I would like to invite you to a group I created just for the blood red moons in preparation for the next occurrence in September. Thanks, Jon
Denise Dube
Jannice, thank you so much for the feature in your Sunsets Sunrises Nights and Moon Gallery.