Today (July 30th) in Calgary, Alberta we had a blood red moon, it was really facinating, being almost full (full moon was yesterday). Trying to look up this phenomenon, I've discovered the most common cause of such a red moon to be a lunar eclipse. However the last lunar eclipse was in early March and the next isn't due until the end of August.
Since a lunar eclipse is not causing this brilliant red moon, what could it be? This moon is brilliant red at night (10 o'clock-12 o'clock) so it's not the sun shining over the horizon like it does in the early evening/morning.
2007-07-30 19:07:29 · 5 answers · asked by druidoferiu 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The following is coded aviation weather report for the state of Idaho in the United States issued by the NWS in Boise, ID.
BOI SYNS 310820 OVR ID...LGT-MDT SW WNDS ALF. AMS DRY NRN ID AND MOIST SRN ID. AMS STBL BCMG UNSTBL OVR SE ID AFT 20Z. WDSPRD FU...LCL MVFR AND ISOLD IFR IN FU CNTRL MTS. LGT SFC WNDS. FRZLVL 130-150 MSL.=
Here is what it is written in laymens term and not completely word for word: Weather Summary For the early morning hours of July 31, over the state of Idaho...Light to Moderate SouthWest Winds Aloft. Airmass is Dry in Northern Idaho and Moist in Southern Idaho. Airmass Stable Becoming Unstable Over Southeast Idaho after 1 pm . Widespread Smoke causing Local significant aviation problems and Isolated severe smoke related aviation problems over the Central Mountains region. Light Surface Winds. Freezing Level is between 13000-15000 feet Above Mean Sea Level.
With the winds blowing from the southwest to northeast at mid level, the red moon is likely caused by a layer of smoke moving over Alberta from fires in the United States.
2007-07-30 22:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by UALog 7 · 9⤊ 8⤋
The moon turns red during a lunar eclipse because the earth,moon,and sun form an alignment so then the suns rays fall on earth which causes a shadow on the moon because of the position the sun light has to pass through earths atmosphere to reach the moon,so the atmosphere scatters the light coming from the sun but longest wavelength of red color passes through it hence resulting a red shadow on the moon
2016-04-01 02:19:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible that there could be some dust or some particulate matter in Earth's atmosphere causing this effect.
2007-07-30 20:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Smoke from a large brush or forest fire can affect the color of the moon and give it a red-orange tinge.
2007-07-30 22:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by Northstar 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
lots of particulars in the atmosphere.
2007-08-03 17:50:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋