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

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 that
expands 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, are
completely 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 gradient
across its disk.

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 from
one 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.

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

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 dont know what the moon looked like
during that particular eclipse (For instance, the July 6, 1982
very deep total lunar eclipse appeared partially black and
partially peach-coloredno 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
Oppolzers 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 Oppolzers
Table VI, there is no appreciable correction for the equation of
time for this date. Jerusalem is at longitude 35 13E, which
corresponds to a 2:21 correction from UT to local time (LT).
Therefore, for Jerusalem the partial phase of the eclipse began
at 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 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 are
not 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.

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

Partial Lunar Eclipses

TOTAL
Lunar
Eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse,

Wellington June 4

Partial
Partial
Lunar
Eclipse

Weak Lunar Eclipse

Partial Lunar Eclipse

TOTAL

A total eclipse will be red, without

the circular bite effect. Depending
on time of moon rise, it may be
possible to see a total or just a partial
sequence for the non-bitted total
eclipse

Partial
Lunar
Eclipse

Partial Eclipses are only partially to zero red

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

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. For
this 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.

By his own
graphic, only a
(12-2) or 10
minute of Partial
Lunar Eclipse was
above horizon.
This was a weak
partial, but not a
bloody eclipse.

Partial Eclipses are

only partially to
zero red

Fact without
hype

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

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 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

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 a
massive blood moon full eclipse.