Blood Moon During October’s Total Lunar Eclipse
On Wednesday night the Australian skies will witness a blood red moon during a complete lunar eclipse. This is a rare case no doubt as this kind of astronomical event has occurred just a few times over the past 5 centuries. Blood moon is seen as a result of a complete lunar eclipse when the sun, moon and earth come straight into a line and sunlight, reaching the moon, is blocked by earth. The moon seems deep red because it gets a bit of light that comes after bending around Earth’s atmosphere and then reflecting onto the moon.
The reflected light is of reddish colour coming out of all the sunsets as well as sunrises of the Earth and then finally shinning on the moon.
At 8:15 pm AEDT, the event is expected to begin while its visible effects will last for around three hours & 20 minutes. After that the moon will go red between 9:25 m and 10:25 pm AEDT.
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