The book of Joel speaks of a time before the Day of the Lord, God’s appointed day of final judgment on the earth, when the moon will be “turned to blood” (Joel 2:31). Additionally, three of the four eclipses in the tetrad were not even visible in the biblical homeland of Israel, casting further doubt on Hagee and Biltz's interpretation; even then, only the very end of the last eclipse was visible in Israel. The currently popular blood moon discussions all involve lunar eclipses. Unlike this month’s lunar eclipse, it will be at least partially visible in the UK and western Europe. The eclipse will be visible Jan. 31 in the morning before sunrise for North America, Alaska and Hawaii. Pray for Israel on Bless Israel Sunday: Messianic Jewish Believers, Pray for Israel on Bless Israel Sunday: Protection. The umbra will touch the moon at 8:48 p.m., and the maximum eclipse will be at 10:29 p.m. At 11:07 p.m., the moon will reach the opposite side of the umbra, and at 12:11 a.m. on Feb. 1, it will emerge and enter the penumbra. The penumbral eclipse begins at 5.14pm UTC, with full totality lasting between 7.30pm and 8.30pm. According to Space.com, this is the first super blood blue moon the United States has seen since 1866. The situation gets better as you move west. [2][3] Earth & Sky reported receiving "a number of inquiries about Blood Moon". Rather than one every 1.5 years, 2014 and 2015 are giving us four in that same span of time. 4 on The New York Times best-seller list in the advice category. People in eastern Europe and western Asia will see something like a mirror image of the eclipse that observers in the Americas will see, because instead of occurring near moonset, the eclipse will start before the moon rises. Sukkot is the plural of sukkah.). Thought to be called "blue" after an old english term meaning "betrayer," a Blue Moon is an extra full moon that occurs due to a quirk of the calendar. Mr Brown added: “Events such as this cause us to look up and enjoy the skies above. Today’s moon has such a long title because it’s a big freakin’ deal! Blood moons regularly occur at an average of once every 1.5 years. Animation: What the January 20/21 eclipse will look like. The blood moon prophecies are a series of prophecies in the Bible preached by Christian preachers John Hagee and Mark Biltz, which state that a tetrad (a series of four consecutive lunar eclipses—coinciding on Jewish holidays—with six full moons in between, and no intervening partial lunar eclipses) which began with the April 2014 lunar eclipse is the beginning of the end times as described in the Bible in the Book of Joel, Acts 2:20, and Revelation 6:12. The penumbral shadow will pass after the moon is just below the horizon. It was the first total lunar eclipse since 2015 and the first Blue Moon Blood Moon visible from the U.S. since 1866! Thank you for signing up to Space. NY 10036. A Blue Moon is when two full moons happen in the same calendar month; lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes into Earth's shadow; and supermoons happen when the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth in a single orbit — coincides with a full moon.