Lunar eclipse
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A lunar eclipse, also called a blood moon, is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon orbits through Earth's shadow. Lunar eclipses occur during eclipse season, when the Moon's orbital plane i
Composite image of the April 2014 total lunar eclipse as viewed from Charleston, West Virginia
Totality during the lunar eclipse of 15 May 2022. Direct sunlight is being blocked by the Earth, and the only light reaching it is sunlight refracted by Earth's atmosphere, producing a reddish color.
A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a solar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface. The Moon's surface appears red because the only sunlight available is refracted through Earth's atmosphere on the edges of Earth, as shown in the sky in this painting.
Full Moon 2010
Eclipses of the Sun and of the Moon have been described by nearly every culture. In cultures without an astronomical explanation, eclipses were often attributed to supernatural causes or regarded as b
Lunar eclipse
…Solar eclipse – Event wherein the Sun is obscured by the Moon Eclipses in history and culture Bao-Lin Liu, Canon of Lunar Eclipses 1500 B.C.-A.D. 3000. Willmann-Bell, Richmond VA, 1992…
Astronomers Studying an Eclipse, Antoine Caron, 1571
French Jesuits observing an eclipse with King Narai and his court in April 1688, shortly before the Siamese revolution
An illustration from al-Biruni's astronomical works that explains the different phases of the moon, with respect to the position of the Sun.
Rahu swallows the Sun, referred to as Rahukalam