Total lunar eclipse near totality, January 2019. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon. At totality, the light from the Moon (sunlight reflected from the Moon after passing through the Earth's atmosphere) turns orange due to shorter wavelengths, such as blue light, being scattered more in Earth's atmosphere than longer wavelengths, such as red light. The blue band across the Moon is Earth's ozone layer projected onto the lunar disc. | |
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