One of the coolest effects during a total lunar eclipse is that the Moon doesn’t just darken — it also changes color. This happens because our atmosphere bends a bit of sunlight into the shadow and ...
(The full moon during a lunar eclipse will often appear a striking red color because the only sunlight to reach the moon passes through Earth’s atmosphere, which scatters different wavelengths ...
The lunar eclipse coincided with a separate event - a super Moon. This is when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit and so appears larger than usual. Those watching out for the ...
Two eclipses will occur in the next few weeks—a lunar eclipse in the early hours of Monday, March 25, and a solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. Although they are very different phenomena ...
Exactly 89 days after this month’s new moon on Thursday, January 11 a total solar eclipse will occur across North America. However, this month’s new moon is the biggest “solar eclipse miss ...