Tonight, from 9 t0 12, I witnessed to moon change from white, to pale, to orange, to red. Soon after the red phase, the moon quickly began to dissappear from the bottom to the top in a matter of seconds.
2007-04-21 20:27:39 · 6 answers · asked by Chino 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The moon must have been getting close to the horizon and it suddenly disappeared. As there are lot of dust particles near the horizon it made the moon to appear red.
I am sure it is nothing unusual!
2007-04-21 20:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by joysam 【ツ】 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. The last bit of sunlight you saw was a thin crescent. As the moon moved completely into the Earth's shadow, that crescent went out from the ends to the middle very quickly. The sun does the same thing during a solar eclipse.
2007-04-22 20:23:19 · answer #2 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our atmosphere scatters blue light. As the moon gets lower in the sky, it's color can move toward the red because of this. Additionally, haze can turn it a deep red when it is low on the horizon.
2007-04-22 03:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard something about that today, a friend called it "Black Moon" or "Dark Moon". Not sure of the astronomical aspects of it but in Pagan, Wiccan type religions it has some meaning that I'm not real clear on.
2007-04-22 03:37:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was probably a lunar eclipse, when the earth shadow from the sun crosses the over the moon
2007-04-26 00:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Noisewater 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the moon does not dissapear!! the light from the sun simply moves from reflecting on the moon in which case you can't see the moon!!
2007-04-22 06:16:17 · answer #6 · answered by chelsbabie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋