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It's all to do with the wavelength of light and the density of the Earth's atmosphere.
During a lunar eclipse, some light from the Sun is refracted through the Earth's atmosphere, which allows it to bend around the Earth and reach the Moon. The atmosphere is a well-known filter of blue light (this is why the sky is blue); only long wavelengths can pass through the atmosphere at the angle between the Earth, Sun and Moon, the others get trapped in the atmosphere. Therefore, the Moon is only exposed to red light. If the atmosphere was a different density then the Moon would appear a different colour.
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Why and when do the lunar and solar eclipses occur?
Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Earth's shadow to fall on the Moon. Solar eclipses happen when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, blocking the Sun's light from reaching Earth. Lunar eclipses can only happen during a full moon, while solar eclipses can only occur during a new moon.
What phases the moon is in during a lunar eclipse?
Lunar eclipses always occur at the full moon, while solar eclipses can only happen during a new moon. thats a horrible answer , you could get that from watching twilight once.
Are lunar eclipse during a gibbous moon rare?
Lunar eclipses during a gibbous moon are not rare. A lunar eclipse can occur during any phase of the moon, including when it is gibbous. However, lunar eclipses are less common than solar eclipses because they require specific alignment of the Earth, moon, and sun.
What is Aristotle's hypothesis of lunar eclipses?
Lunar eclipses were created by our shadow.
What is the only lunar phases in which a lunar eclipse can occus?
Lunar eclipses can only occur at the full moon.
When does the moon rise with sun?
The only time the moon rises with the sun is during a lunar eclipse. Lunar eclipses only occur during a new moon when the moon is between the earth and the sun.
How are solar eclipses alike from lunar eclipses?
All eclipses are shadows. A solar eclipse is the Moon's shadow on the Earth. A lunar eclipse is the Earth's shadow on the Moon.
What are the eclipses of the sun and moon called?
Solar and lunar eclipses
Total lunar eclipses always occur?
No. About 50% of all lunar eclipses are total; the remainder are partial or penumbral.
How does lunar eclipses happen?
A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the Earth's shadow - this can only happen during the Full Moon phase.
How is the full moon phase different from a lunar eclipse?
Lunar eclipses can only occur during the full moon. In fact, the moon must be almost perfectly full before there can be a lunar eclipse.
How are a lunar eclipse and a new moon alike?
Te moon eclipses the sun and the earth eclipses the moon
