{"id":32675,"date":"2026-03-03T22:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=32675"},"modified":"2026-03-03T22:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:32:28","slug":"blood-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=32675","title":{"rendered":"Blood Moon…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Blood Moon” is a descriptive phrase for a total lunar eclipse that takes place during the full moon. The reddish color is a result of the scattering of sunlight through the earth\u2019s atmosphere, similar to what happens during sunsets that appear red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is said the ancient Incans and Mesopotamians believed a blood moon was an omen portending the king\u2019s death or overthrow; some Native American tribes viewed it as a sign that the moon needed care; while Islamic cultures regard the phenomenon as a time for special prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon\u2019s descending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 3, 2026<\/strong>, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1507. It was also the 4th day<\/strong> of the most recent Israel\/USA war with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Blood Moon” is a descriptive phrase for a total lunar eclipse that takes place during the full moon. The reddish color is a result of the scattering of sunlight through the earth\u2019s atmosphere, similar to what happens during sunsets that appear red. It is said the ancient Incans and Mesopotamians believed a blood moon was … Continue reading “Blood Moon…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32675"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32694,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675\/revisions\/32694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}