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Have you ever heard about

blood moon???

Do you know how Blood Moon occur?


Based on etymology definition
blood moon

Blood = Darah Moon = Bulan

Meaning:
Bulan Darah
What is a Blood Moon?

Blood Moon Belong to => Lunar Eclipse

A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth passes


between the sun and the moon. This blocks the sun’s
rays from reflecting off the moon as normal.

However, some of the sun’s rays curve around the


earth causing the moon to appear red during a total
eclipse. Because of its vivid color, a total lunar
eclipse is often referred to by NASA as a Blood Red
Moon or Blood Moon.
Lunar Eclipse
Eclipses of the Moon happen when the
Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned to form
an almost or exact straight line.
The technical term for this is syzygy
How Blood Moon Occur?

Sun, Earth and Moon aligned


For a lunar eclipse to occur, the Sun, Earth and Moon
must be roughly aligned in a straight line. If the Sun,
Earth and Moon do not align, the Earth cannot cast a
shadow on the Moon's surface and an eclipse cannot
happen.
When the Sun, Earth and Moon are not perfectly
aligned, only the outer part of the Earth's shadow
covers the Moon. Such an eclipse is called a penumbral
lunar eclipse. In a total lunar eclipse, the Earth's umbra
completely covers the Moon.
Earth's 3 shadows
The Earth's shadow can be divided into 3
parts:
 Penumbra - the outer part.
 Umbra - darker, central part.
 Antumbra - a partly shaded area
beyond the umbra.
Only at full moon
Total lunar eclipses happen only when:
1. The Sun, Earth and Moon are in a
straight line.
2. There is a full Moon.
Seven stages of a total lunar
eclipse
Penumbral eclipse begins
Partial eclipse begins
Total eclipse begins
Maximum eclipse
Total eclipse ends
Partial eclipse end
Penumbral eclipse ends
WHY RED?

Nowadays, we know that the eclipse is merely the result


of the moon passing through the shadow of the Earth.
The moon never looks entirely dark, because some of the
light from the sun is shining through the Earth’s
atmosphere and scattered onto the moon. Additionally,
there is a lot of dirt and dust in the air, and this can make
things look reddish, as well, just as we see during sunsets.
Everyone on the night side of the Earth can see a
total eclipse of the Moon. For this reason, everyone
has higher chances of seeing a total lunar eclipse
than a total solar eclipse, even though both occur
in similar intervals.
A series of 4 consecutive total lunar eclipses with no partial
or penumbral lunar eclipses in between is called a lunar
tetrad.
The October 8, 2014 total lunar eclipse is the second total
eclipse of the Moon in the 2014-2015 tetrad. The first one
was on April 15, 2014. The last 2 total lunar eclipses in this
tetrad will be on April 4, 2015, and September 28, 2015.
In recent years, eclipses in a lunar tetrads are popularly
called Blood Moons. This term has no technical or
astronomical basis and it is unclear where this term comes
from.

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