This effect is known as Rayleigh scattering. The result is a terrifyingly red-tinted moon for a short time. The light from the Sun will bend around Earth, causing only the longest wavelengths of red to reach the moon. If Earth lines up perfectly with the Sun on one side of the planet and the Moon directly on the other side, it will prevent the moon from receiving the sunlight. Having no light of its own, we see the moon in the sky because it is reflecting sunlight.
Picture the Moon orbiting the Earth, and then zoom out to the Earth orbiting the sun. The bright red appearance is caused by the shadow of Earth across the surface of the Moon. On the night of total lunar eclipses, the Moon turns a bloody red for a short time due to a conjunction of the positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Here’s the Inverse guide to these two concurrent lunar events you don’t want to miss! What is a Blood Moon?Īs frightening as it may look, the Blood Moon is nothing to fear.
LUNAR ECLIPSE FULL
The event coincides with a supermoon, a term for the Moon at the closest point in its orbit to Earth coinciding with Full or New Moon phases.Ĭontrary to popular belief, a supermoon will not appear much more prominent in the sky, yet it will be slightly brighter in many cases - but not during an eclipse. On May 16, the Full Moon will enter a total eclipse for around an hour and a half, causing a cosmic phenomenon known as a Blood Moon.
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