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A totally eclipsed Moon is usually red, so a total lunar eclipse is often called Blood Moon or Red Moon. When is the next Blood Moon? Why does it turn red?
What is it? A "blood moon" happens when Earth's moon is in a total lunar eclipse. While it has no special astronomical significance, the view in the sky is striking as the usually whitish...
A total lunar eclipse will occur Nov. 8, with the moon turning blood red as it slips into Earth’s shadow. It will be the last total lunar eclipse until 2025.
The last total lunar eclipse until 2025 will turn the moon blood-red on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but exactly when you should look up depends on where you are.
We've assembled a chronology of the different phases of the Blood Moon total lunar eclipse, including some of the things you might see during each phase.
The coppery, reddish hue caused by an eclipse leads to the name blood moon, seen here in Temple City, Calif. Carlos De Saa/EPA, via Shutterstock. There’s a lot more sky to see out there,...
The red color of a totally eclipsed Moon has prompted many people in recent years to refer to total lunar eclipses as Blood Moons. Why Red? The reason why the Moon takes on a reddish color during totality is a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering.
In a total lunar eclipse, the entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra. When the Moon is within the umbra, it will turn a reddish hue. Lunar eclipses are sometimes called “Blood Moons” because of this phenomenon.
Total lunar eclipse on May 25–26, 2021: Where and when is the Blood Moon visible and what will it look like? Visibility map, animation, and local times.
"Blood moon" describes the way the Moon looks during a total lunar eclipse. This happens when the Moon is completely covered by Earth's shadow, because the Earth has moved between the Moon and...