Lunar Eclipse - Why does the moon turn red? | Blood Moon | Red Moon

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Издатель Nov 6, 2022

November 8 is another lunar eclipse 2022. Lunar eclipse occurs when Earth is between the sun and the moon. We know that the moon doesn’t produce light of its own, it only shines or reflects the sunlight falling on it. Earth blocks this sunlight from falling on the moon, and hence, we get the lunar eclipse.
But hold on, why does the moon simply disappear during the lunar eclipse? Instead, the eclipse makes the moon red.

So, why is the colour of the moon red during lunar eclipse? Well, a phenomenon called scattering is responsible for this celestial wonder. It turns out that Earth doesn’t indeed stop all light from reaching the moon. When the entire moon falls in the deepest parts of Earth’s shadow, the red wavelengths of light reach there because of bending and scattering by the earth’s atmosphere. Called Rayleigh scattering, it is the same effect which is responsible for our blue sky and red sunsets and sunrises.

While eastern parts of India will see a total lunar eclipse and hence another blood moon 2022, the other parts will only see a partial lunar eclipse. Do you think a partial lunar eclipse leads to a blood moon as well?
Let us know your theories on this upcoming astronomical event and stay tuned to BYJU’s celestial wonders for more!