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Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
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Thanks for the heads-up! I will try to keep this in mind and will have my kids check it out while it's happening. It happens at a good time of the night for us, though we may miss the early stages because it may still be light.
Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
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Apparently on the west coast of the U.S., the moon will already be eclipsing when it rises. So I wonder if it will be at the point that it's red as it comes up. It would be interesting to gauge reactions from people unaware of the eclipse when they see a giat read thing begin to poke up above the horizon.
Having wathced over an hour a a half of this eclipsed moon from Central Jersey, I couldn't help but wonder why, even after the moon was totaly eclipsed, it still remained somewhat lighted. sort of like eerie!
I know the theory that this light is just a reflection of light from earth, however, during a new moon, when the moon is directly facing the sun, and hence has a much stronger reflection in proportion to the earth's rays of the sun, you never see any part of the moon light at night. Why during a total lunar eclipse, is the moon still light?
Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
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Yes. Notice the moon appeared to be a reddish color, particularly from the east coast of the U.S. This is due to light bending around the earth (red is the lowest wavelength, so it bends moreso than any other visible color).
Also, it's due the earth slightly warping space, so the gravity waves of earth contribute to bending the light a bit as well, but only a little I believe. The other scientist guy here probably knows how much.
During a new moon, the moon is in the same sky as the sun, and so we don't see it because the side facing us does not get illuminated. The only time we see the moon during a new moon is when the moon gets in front of the sun and we see a solar eclipse. The reason we don't see solar eclipses on a regular basis is because the paths of the moon and sun are not exactly the same, so you need both objects to intersect each other's path at exaclty the same time.
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Why does the eclipsed moon stay light?
