orange moon?

Question

i just wanted to know what makes the moon turn dark orange

Answer 1

The moon is more orange or yellow in color when it first rises at night. This effect is caused by the atmosphere of the earth. The reason for the orange color is due to the scattering of light by the atmosphere. When the moon is near the horizon, the moonlight must pass through much more atmosphere than when the moon is directly overhead. By the time the moonlight reaches your eyes, the blue, green, and purple pieces of visible light have been scattered away by air molecules. That's why you only see yellow, orange, or red.
The moon can have an orange color at any time of the year. Sometimes the moon appears orange even when it's directly overhead. This occurs when there's a lot of dust, smoke, or pollution in the atmosphere. The size of those particles will determine the type of color you will see.

Answer 2

While the other answers are correct, they only explain half of what's going on. When the moon is near the horizon the light from the sun that is reflected off its surface must pass through the earth's atmosphere. While normally light from the sun would shine as blue in our atmosphere, near the horizon (and this holds true not only for the moon, but for the sun and any other celestial light) collides with more gas molecules in our atmosphere. Blue light gets scattered away, leaving only red light that reaches our eyes (because its a longer wavelength and isn't scattered as much). Additionally, the particulates in the air - dust, pollution, etc. - also cause a great degree of light scattering, and shift the remaining light (that hits your eye) to the red/orange spectrum.

Answer 3

Is not the moon, but rather the atmosphere of the earth. The orange color is caused by the light from the sun passes through the atmosphere of the Earth. The blue part of the spectrum has been filtered out by Earth's atmosphere. This typically happens during full moon when it is on the opposite side of the Earth to the sun.

Answer 4

It's related to light refracting in the atmosphere - similar to the way the sun gets a deep orange/red color at sunset, some moons that are low on the horizon tend to look blood red, or deep orange, as those wavelengths of light are more likely to enter the atmosphere (over others).

Answer 5

Good Morning Reverand,

Judging from your "pic" you can see the moon in any color. Let me help you.

Orange shades Orange Moon
Blue shades Blue Moon
Red shades Red Moon

get it?

Thanks,
Buster

Answer 6

It is called RED, or a BLOOD MOON, and somebody already asked that question just today. Don't waste your 5 points.

Answer 7

G'day Rev.
I wonder if you have been reading revelations lately?

Sometimes a red will happen as a result of pollution.

Answer 8

You should go to a salon now to get the damage fixed, if you keep trying to fix this by yourself, the chemicals can really damage your hair.

Answer 9

challenging situation. try searching on search engines like google. just that could actually help!

Answer 10

bad acid