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lunar eclipse Apr 4 2015 

Biblical scholars continue to debate the significance of the “darkness that came over the whole land” in the crucifixion accounts in the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke.Early theories held that it was a solar eclipse, but scientists contest this explanation as a solar eclipse only occurs during a new moon, and Passover only takes place during a full moon.Intriguingly, in 1983, Colin Humphreys and W. G. Waddington, who had used astronomical methods to calculate the crucifixion date as 3 April 33, argued that the darkness could be accounted for by a partial lunar eclipse that had taken place on that day.A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its shadow, and the Sun, Earth and Moon are exactly aligned with the Earth in the middle (a full moon). Lunar eclipses have been regarded as omens of change, marking significant events in history such as the siege of Syracuse in 413 BC, a fire in t