Total Lunar Eclipse | May 16, 2022

Greetings to all former subscribers to the Biblical Astronomy newsletters and to all subscribers to Biblical Astronomy.org as well as to all newcomers who are interested in this subject. It has been nearly nine years since I posted my last newsletter in June 2013. I have been going through some physical struggles which for medical reasons have prevented me from sitting at a computer to do research or to write publications. I am writing this on a Kindle tablet that I can hold in my hand while sitting in a recliner. Though I can only type one letter at a time with a stylus, at least I am able to write articles for the blog, though it takes a little longer to complete them. I was a fairly good typist for many years and was able to type much faster before. I need to learn patience, and get used to taking longer to complete texts.

There are some interesting astronomical events coming up in May and June. In order to give you a heads up, I will cover major celestial events shortly before they occur. This first blog will most likely not get posted until the day before the event occurs.

Chris Clark has been working hard and long to get our new website up and running, as well as helping me put this blog together, especially with the charts and pictures. We hope to have the next blog up a week before the event occurs. That event will occur on May 29.

This chart is from the May issue of Sky & Telescope

There will be a total eclipse of the moon from the late evening of Sunday, May 15, through the early morning of Monday, May 16. See the chart to the right from the May 2022 issue of Sky &Telescope, p.48, which shows the various stages of the eclipse.

This eclipsed moon may appear blood red from some viewing locations where the eclipse will be visible.

Those getting the best view are those who live in the Midwest to the East Coast of the United States and Canada, most of Mexico, and all of Central and South America. Those are the best locations to view the eclipse in its entirety.

This chart is from the May issue of Sky & Telescope

Parts of the eclipse are visible from western and eastern Europe, and from western Africa, to and throughout the Saudi Peninsula.

This eclipse will be partially visible from Israel. The farther east the viewing locations are on that side of the world, the less spectacular this event will appear from your location. See how the eclipse will appear from various locations on Earth in the chart to the left from the May 2022 issue of Sky & Telescope, page 48.

 

This picture was painted by Michele Abraham

The Moon will be in the constellation Scorpio during the total eclipse. In the midst of the eclipse, when the umbral shadow is at its fullest, the blood red moon will be above and close to the bright red star Antares. The Hebrew name for the constellation Scorpio is Akrab, which means, the conflict, or war. The meaning of the star Antares is the wounding. The red color of the star represents blood.

With the eclipsed blood red moon above the bright red star Antares during the peak of the eclipse, there will be plenty of blood portrayed here. The scorpion represents the enemy of Yeshua (Jesus). The constellation above Scorpio is Ophiuchus, who represents the seed of the Woman (Yeshua, and/or, the nation of Israel) who is pictured here struggling with the serpent, the enemy.

See the painting by Michele Abraham of these two constellations on the right. The stinger of the Scorpion is seen poised to strike the right heel of Yeshua, as the left heel of Yeshua is coming down near the scorpion’s head area (See Genesis 3:15). We will see what happens on Earth around this time, if anything.

I thank Chris Clark for helping me put this blog together and getting it posted on our newly constructed website which was constructed by him. He accomplished what usually can take months, in a week. I also thank Mazzaroth Maniacs for encouraging me to start this blog. Without either of them, this blog would not have happened.

If you have a camera and plan on viewing this eclipse, please take photos of the eclipse together with the bright star below it! Please e-mail your photos to: info@biblicalastronomy.org

Your photos will be added to the bottom of this blog post, if there is not a really large amount of pictures sent, in which case we will have to select which pictures will be posted.

 
Lunar Eclipse Photos provided by Cheyenne Klascius


 
Lunar Eclipse Photos provided by Diane OCallaghan


 
Lunar Eclipse Photos provided by Jennifer Barriga (left) and Randy Hernandez (right)


Lunar Eclipse Photo provided by Karen Funderburg