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I just saw the moon rise, starting about 1 hr. 20 min. ago, and it is most assuredly not red anymore. So I guess the "blood moon" was an aspect of yesterday's total lunar eclipse. Ironically, I was unable to see the totality or the redness, because just before that happened, clouds covered the moon, just long enough for the redness to fade away. I saw a little bit of the red or dark orange, really, on the left side just before the clouds came in.
The clouds were not there at all before the eclipse, so I had expected a very good view. Today, I spoke to my neighbor who said he was watching it with his telescope and he could see planes flying back and forth in the sky leaving trails of white fog behind them, and that is what covered the moon during the eclipse: contrails. I told him I didn't hear any planes or see them, and he replied that they were flying too high up to be heard, and too small to see without the telescope at night like that.
So the "full moon" must have been yesterday, as a full moon is necessary for a total eclipse to happen. Now I can see a faint hint of a shadow on the top right edge of the moon in the sky, so that's probably the beginning of the waxing gibbous that will grow in the following days toward Easter.
I just checked the Griffith Observatory website and found this Cyrillic message there (Russian?):
Марина Щербак
Марина Щербак
Thank God for a sign that He is coming soon. This is very good news! Yes pass away his kingdom! The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. Bible Acts 2:20
about 18 hours ago
Марина Щербак
Марина Щербак
Спасибо Богу за знак что Он скоро прейдет. Это очень радостная новость!!! Да прейдет Его Царство!!! Деян.2:20 Солнце превратится во тьму, и луна - в кровь, прежде нежели наступит день Господень, великий и славный.
about 18 hours ago
I'm thinking, it's too bad Acts 2:20 doesn't say anything about contrails covering the moon when it's turned to blood.
A priest friend told me that he wants to thank me for my support and it's been great being my priest, but just in case, he wants to say "goodbye" because there is a possibility that God will stop these blasphemous Newcanonizations scheduled for Low Sunday (only they're calling it "divine mercy sunday") by simply ending the world during the next 10 days. I'm not sure but I think he was trying to joke with me. But after seeing the blood moon eclipse and reading this Russian's post, above, I'm not so sure anymore that it was really a joke...................... :thinking:
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