Lunar Eclipse

You may have heard that there was an exceptionally rare event on New Year’s Eve, where the moon passed into the earth’s shadow.  It was a blue moon (second full moon in the same month) on New Year’s eve.  The last time all these factors lined up was 353 years ago.

353 years ago, Bethlehem looked quite different.  In fact, the only constant between then and now is one building

 
The Church of the Nativity!

 

The eclipse was visible in Europe, Africa, and Asia, but not in the Americas.  It was seen here from 9-10pm local time.

We changed our schedule to watch it.

Let’s just say, you weren’t missing much.  As you can see, neither were we.