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The blood moon prophecies were a series of prophecies by Christian preachers John Hagee and Mark Biltz, related to a series of four full moons in 2014 and 2015.The prophecies stated that a tetrad (a series of four consecutive lunar eclipses—all total and coinciding on Jewish holidays—with six full moons in between, and no intervening partial lunar eclipses) which began with the April 2014 ...
Hunter's moon, the first full moon after the harvest moon; Xquic, a mythological Mayan heroine sometimes glossed as "Blood Moon" or "Blood Girl/Maiden" in English; Blood Moon (eclipse), a popular term to describe the reddish color of the moon during the total lunar eclipse
When the moon is within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra, it takes on a reddish hue, which has led to the nickname “blood moon” for a lunar eclipse, according to NASA.
Because the Moon was near its perigee on January 21, it can be described as a "supermoon". [3] As this supermoon was also a wolf moon (the first full moon in a calendar year), it was referred to as a "super blood wolf moon"; blood refers to the typical red color of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse. [4]
As October's Hunter's Moon ascends into the sky, it brings about a sense of mystery and intrigue, along with a dark element that foreshadows its lunation and the cold months ahead, hinting at the ...
Well, the red color is actually not unlike a sunset, but from the moon's perspective. ... "To have a blood moon, and then for those blood moons to be on this exact date, is something that just is ...
Certain lunar eclipses have been referred to as "blood moons" in popular articles but this is not a scientifically recognized term. [24] This term has been given two separate, but overlapping, meanings. The meaning usually relates to the reddish color a totally eclipsed Moon takes on to observers on Earth. [25]
A total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, will happen overnight on July 27. The eclipse will be colored orange-red due to sunlight passing through Earth 's atmosphere and bouncing off the moon.