Blood Moon or Total Lunar Eclipse

On the night of April 4, 2015 a total lunar Eclipse took place and it was clear enough for one of my church members to snap a picture of it from Agape Hill, Penampang, Sabah.  Agape Hill is where the Agape Methodist Church is situated.

The eclipse occurs when the moon is completely covered by the Earth’s shadow.    However small amounts of light passing through our atmosphere causes the moon to have a reddish glow.  Hence the term Blood Moon came about.

Blood moons are associated with Biblical prophecies of  imminent hard times.

This April 4^th Total Lunar Eclipse is the third in a series of four Total Lunar Eclipses known as the lunar tetrad.  The first two occurred on April 15 2014 and October 8, 2014.  The 4^th and last eclipse will occur on September 28, 2015.

The next lunar tetrad of the 21^st century will begin with a total lunar eclipse on April 25, 2032, still a long way in the future. 

So if you’ve missed sighting this one, you can watch out for the next one on September 28, this year.