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The penumbral eclipse only becomes readily apparent when

it is within ˜0.05 magnitudes of becoming a partial eclipse.

In comparison, partial eclipses are easy to see with the naked

eye. The lunar limb extending into the umbral shadow usually

appears very dark or black. This is primarily due to a contrast

effect because the remaining portion of the Moon in the

penumbra may be brighter by a factor of about 500x.

Because the umbral shadow's diameter is typically ˜2.7x the

Moon's diameter, it appears as a semi-circular bite was taken

out of the Moon.

Appearance of Total Lunar Eclipses

A total lunar eclipse is the most dramatic and visually

compelling type of lunar eclipse. The Moon's appearance can

vary enormously throughout the period of totality and fromone eclipse to the next. Obviously, the geometry of the

Moon's path through the umbra plays an important role. Not

as apparent is the effect that Earth's atmosphere has on a

total eclipse. Although the physical mass of Earth blocks all

direct sunlight from the umbra, the planet's atmosphere

filters, attenuates and bends some of the Sun's rays into the

shadow.”

This stub is offered with little explanation apart from

graphics. Others have sufficiently debunked the so called

33AD ‘Blood Red’ Eclipse. To that end quotes from their

work are provided below. The so called astro-prophecy

line of thought is fraught with pit holes. Little wonder

that scripture is devoid of eclipse observations.

“The visual appearance of penumbral, partial, and total

lunar eclipses differs significantly from each other. While

penumbral eclipses are pale and difficult to see, partial

eclipses are easy naked-eye events, while total eclipses

are colorful and dramatic.

Appearance of Penumbral and Partial Lunar Eclipses

Earth's penumbral shadow forms a diverging cone thatexpands into space in the anti-solar direction. From

within this zone, Earth blocks part, but not the entire

disk, of the Sun. Thus, some fraction of the Sun's direct

rays continues to reach the most deeply eclipsed parts of

the Moon during a penumbral eclipse.

The primary penumbral contacts (P1 and P4), as well as

the early and late stages of a penumbral eclipse, arecompletely invisible to the eye with or without optical

aid. A penumbral magnitude greater than ˜0.6 is needed

before skilled observers can detect faint shading across

the Moon's disk. Even when one edge of the Moon is

9/10 of the way into the penumbral shadow,

approximately 10% of the Sun's rays still reach the

Moon's deepest limb. Under such conditions, the Moon

remains relatively bright with only a subtle gradientacross its disk.

Debunking 33AD “Blood Moon” Eclipse by OP Armstrong 4/15

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“How correct are claims about the 33AD eclipse? True, a

totally eclipsed moon does often appear reddish. However, a

totally eclipsed moon does not always look red, but may be

completely dark or it may have a great range in color from

black to yellow, so we don’t know what the moon looked like

during that particular eclipse (For instance, the July 6, 1982very deep total lunar eclipse appeared partially black and

partially peach-colored—no one could recall such an odd

eclipse). If there were a total lunar eclipse on the night of April

3, AD 33, then it might have appeared red. But this particular

eclipse was not total. The standard reference on eclipses is

Oppolzer’s Canon of Eclipses (1887). The following, is from the

1962 Dover translation of this work:

This particular eclipse is number 1914 in the series. The half

duration of the eclipse was 81 minutes, and the universal time

(UT) of mid-eclipse was 15:06. Thus, the partial phase began at

13:45 UT and ended at 16:27 UT. According to Oppolzer’s

Table VI, there is no appreciable correction for the equation of

time for this date. Jerusalem is at longitude 35° 13´E, which

corresponds to a 2:21 correction from UT to local time (LT).

Therefore, for Jerusalem the partial phase of the eclipse beganat 16:06 LT, mid-eclipse was at 17:27 LT, and the partial phase

ended at 18:48 LT. In the first century the vernal equinox was

on March 25, so this eclipse was just nine days after the vernal

equinox. At this equinox, moon rise would be at 6:00 PM, so

moon rise on April 3 would be delayed at most 2-3 minutes.

But ignore this factor, and assume that moon rise was at 18:00

LT. The eclipse had already passed its deepest point more than

a ½ hour before the moon rose that night.

At most there were 48 minutes of partial phase

remaining when the moon rose. Normally, any deep red

color noticeable during a total lunar eclipse is not at all

obvious during nearly all of the partial phases. This is

because the much brighter portion of an un-eclipsed

moon overwhelms the subtle color of the dark portion.Graphics of lunar eclipses indicate partially eclipsed

moons do not resemble blood. Since this eclipse was far

from total, and it was not observable from Jerusalem

until very late stages, (if at all) the moon must have

been very bright, and there is absolutely no basis to

claim this was a blood moon. Pronouncements on this

are very misleading, for the vast majority of people have

no idea that discussion of the alleged “blood moon” arenot true. One could speculate that unusual atmospheric

conditions near Jerusalem at the time could have deeply

reddened the full but partially eclipsed moon that night,

but then there is no reason to appeal to an eclipse to

account for this.”


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By his owngraphic, only a

(12-2) or 10

minute of Partial

Lunar Eclipse was

above horizon.

This was a weak

partial, but not a

bloody eclipse.

Eclipse type – The type as seen at selected location. Take into

account that moon may not be above horizon until eclipse is in

progress. Eclipse Events: The Universal Time UT date and time of

events. NB: if event happens while Moon is Below horizon an *

asterisk appears after the hour with negative altitude. For this case

it means the maximum partial eclipse was below horizon in

Jerusalem. Alt – Altitude of the moon, degrees, above horizon. Forthis event only (2.4/17.3)*1:25’=12min of the umbral partial eclipse

was above horizon at the selected UTM coordinates of Jerusalem

Azi – Azimuth of the moon, degrees, Zero is due north and 90 deg is

due east, etc. In the penumbral phase the eclipse may be very faint.

Fact without

hype

Partial Eclipses are

only partially to

zero red

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By his own graphic, only a small portion of this

Partial Lunar Eclipse was above horizon. Clearly

this was a weak partial eclipse. Yet his graphic

below is intended to make readers think it was amassive blood moon full eclipse.

Eclipse type – Take into account that moon may not be above

horizon until eclipse is in progress. Eclipse Events The Universal

Time UT date and time of events. NB: if event happens while Moon

is Below horizon an * asterisk appears after the hour or shows a

negative altitude. In this case it means the maximum partial eclipse

was below horizon in Jerusalem.

Alt – Altitude of the moon, degrees, above horizon. For this eventonly (2.4/17.3)*1:25’=12min of the umbral partial eclipse was above

horizon at the selected UTM coordinates of Jerusalem

Azi – Azimuth of the moon, degrees, Zero is due north and 90 deg is

due east, etc. In the penumbral phase the eclipse may be very faint



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