According to the NASA catalogue of lunar eclipses (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat5/LE2001-2100.html ) there will be 228 lunar eclipses in the 21st century. As a century contains about 1237 lunations, we might expect about one in every five Paschal full moons(PFM) to be eclipsed. When I searched the list of eclipses, I was able to identify 18 eclipses tabulated below which could be associated with a PFM although only 8 of these were total umbral eclipses. It seems that an eclipsed PFM is not unusual enough to stir the doom mongers into action.
Geoff Thurston From: sundial [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James E. Morrison Sent: 31 March 2015 18:51 To: [email protected] Subject: Paschal Full Moon The old date of Easter algorithm (Easter is on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox) seems unique this year on two counts. (Yes, I know that the official date of Easter does not use the physical full moon.) That said, the 2015 Paschal moon is on Saturday, making Easter the very next day. What seems more unusual is that there is an eclipse of the Paschal moon. Two questions arise: 1. How often is there an eclipse of the Paschal moon? 2. Why have we not heard from the mystical happenings community, predicting dire (or wonderful) events surrounding the eclipse? Jim James E. Morrison [email protected] Astrolabe web site at http://astrolabes.org _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5751 / Virus Database: 4321/9430 - Release Date: 04/01/15
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