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Fla Dem

(23,693 posts)
Sun Nov 6, 2022, 09:32 PM Nov 2022

I 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 Day
Updated 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 moon’s surface. The more dust or clouds in the Earth’s 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 Earth’s 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 Earth’s 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 moon’s 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 OP
Hopefully we leave the Republicans bleeding from the beating they take at the polls! MLAA Nov 2022 #1
Magat tears. we can do it Nov 2022 #2
Think of it, Bayard Nov 2022 #3
The night I was born, Mr.Bill Nov 2022 #4

MLAA

(17,300 posts)
1. Hopefully we leave the Republicans bleeding from the beating they take at the polls!
Sun Nov 6, 2022, 09:43 PM
Nov 2022

Figuratively, not literally, we are not the party of violence.

Bayard

(22,105 posts)
3. Think of it,
Mon Nov 7, 2022, 12:00 AM
Nov 2022

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!





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