Photo Credit: Doug Murray, NASA
If the weather holds on Saturday, those of us on the eastern side of North America have a chance to see an eclipse of the moon. It will be under way as the moon rises in the east Saturday evening. As the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow it will turn a reddish colour. What you will be witnessing is the refracted light coming from around the edges of the Earth. Imagine the light of all the sunsets on Earth. That's what is being reflected off the moon's surface. As the Moon moves out of the Earth's shadow, you will see the brightness increase to its usual brilliant white in the uncovered portion, gradually being exposed.
Happy viewing!
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