c ified ▁and ▁died ▁at ▁ 3 pm ▁on ▁ 3 ▁April ▁AD   3 3 , ▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁red ▁partial ▁lun ar ▁eclipse ▁at ▁moon r ise ▁at ▁ 6 . 2 0 pm ▁observed ▁by ▁the ▁Jewish ▁population , ▁and ▁that ▁Peter ▁rec alls ▁this ▁event ▁when ▁pre aching ▁the ▁res urre ction ▁to ▁the ▁Jews ▁( Act s ▁of ▁the ▁Apost les ▁ 2 : 1 4 – 2 1 ). ▁Astronom er ▁Brad ley ▁Sch ae fer ▁agre es ▁with ▁the ▁eclipse ▁date ▁but ▁disput es ▁that ▁the ▁e cli ps ed ▁moon ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁visible ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁moon ▁had ▁ris en ▁in ▁Jerusalem . ▁ ▁A ▁potentially ▁related ▁issue ▁involves ▁the ▁reference ▁in ▁the ▁Syn opt ic ▁G osp els ▁to ▁a ▁three - hour ▁period ▁of ▁darkness ▁over ▁the ▁whole ▁land ▁on ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁cru c if ix ion ▁( acc ording ▁to ▁Luke ▁ 2 3 : 4 5 ▁ τ ο ῦ ▁ ἡ λ ί ο υ ▁ ἐ κ λ ι π ό ν τ ος ▁– ▁the ▁sun ▁was ▁dark ened ). ▁Although ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁view ▁this ▁as ▁a ▁literary ▁device ▁common ▁among ▁ancient ▁writers ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁description ▁of ▁an ▁actual ▁event , ▁other ▁writers ▁have ▁attempted ▁to ▁identify ▁a ▁meteor ological ▁event ▁or ▁a ▁dat able ▁astronom ical ▁phenomen on ▁which ▁this ▁could ▁have ▁referred ▁to . ▁It ▁could ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁solar ▁eclipse , ▁since ▁this ▁could ▁not ▁take ▁place