Meaning of blood moon | Babel Free

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The moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse.

figuratively

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“Just after two o'clock in the morning, the moon went into eclipse, fading to a deep red and casting a pall over the mountainside. Viewing the blood moon as an ominous sign⟳, the Confederates used it to cloak their flight.”

““Because the Earth has an atmosphere, it doesn’t completely block⟳ the light⟳ on the moon. Some of the red light⟳ actually bends through the Earth’s atmosphere and lights up the moon during a total eclipse, and that’s the rusty red, blood moon,” said SubbaRao.”

“Sky gazers in India and in other parts of the world will be able to witness a blood moon on September 7 during a total lunar eclipse. The moon will take⟳ on a dark red-copper hue. This is the result⟳ of a physical effect called Rayleigh scattering. During a total lunar eclipse, the earth comes between the sun and the moon, blocking direct⟳ sunlight from striking the lunar surface. However, not all sunlight is blocked. Only the bluer light⟳ is filtered out; the redder light⟳ is scattered by the earth's atmosphere, giving the moon its striking colour.”

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