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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI hope this isn't an indication of the fallout of Tuesday's election.
A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red on Election DayUpdated November 4, 2022 at 2:46 p.m. EDT
Washinton Post
By Amudalat Ajasa
Hours before citizens across the country cast their votes in a contentious midterm election, a sinister red moon will loom in the sky. The last total lunar eclipse of 2022 is set to stain the moon red during the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Residents across both coasts will be able to watch the spectacle for just under 90 minutes.
Total lunar eclipses, commonly known as blood moons, only happen during full moons when the Earth completely shields the moon from the sun. Once the sun, earth and the moon are exactly aligned, light from simultaneous sunrises and sunsets around the earth project onto the moon, briefly causing a coppery-red coat on the moons surface. The more dust or clouds in the Earths atmosphere during the eclipse, the redder the moon will appear, according to NASA.
From the moon, the total lunar eclipse would shine a bright red aura around the Earths dark surface.The entire moon will illuminate coppery-red from 5:17 a.m. until 6:42 a.m. Eastern time. But moon fanatics can wake up at 3:02 a.m. to watch the moon enter the outer part of the Earths shadow, called a penumbral lunar eclipse; this will cause the moon to lightly dim. The partial eclipse, which will look like a bite was taken out of the moons surface, is slated to start at 4:09 a.m.
Everyone on the night side of the Earth will be able to see the eclipse. Viewers on the West Coast will be able to watch the entire lunar eclipse without disruptions because it will occur in the middle of the night. Residents on the East Coast will be watching the copper moon sink into the horizon due to early sunrise times. Hawaii is the absolute ideal location to watch the eclipse, Petro said.
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I hope this isn't an indication of the fallout of Tuesday's election. (Original Post)
Fla Dem
Nov 2022
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MLAA
(17,300 posts)1. Hopefully we leave the Republicans bleeding from the beating they take at the polls!
Figuratively, not literally, we are not the party of violence.
we can do it
(12,189 posts)2. Magat tears.
Bayard
(22,105 posts)3. Think of it,
As the color of embarrassment on their faces, or the shade they turn when they are throwing a tantrum.
I like blue moons myself, as in, "Blue Moon of Kentucky," Go Booker!
Mr.Bill
(24,304 posts)4. The night I was born,
Lord, I swear the moon turned a fire red.