Why dose the moon turn orange?

Question

Only a scientific answers plz. that means on supernatural ones

Answer 1

Well, there could be a couple of reasons:

If you're seeing it turn orange when it's very low in the sky, it's the same reason why the Sun looks orange or red close to sunrise or sunset. As the moonlight travels through the atmosphere toward your eye, a lot of blue light gets scattered out of it, leaving only shades of red, orange, and yellow. When the Moon is higher in the sky it doesn't look so orange because it's traveling through a shorter distance of air and less blue light gets separated out.

Another reason the Moon could look orange is if you're seeing it during a lunar eclipse. As the Moon passes into Earth's penumbra (outer shadow region), it turns a darker yellow, then orange, then dark red as it passes into the umbra (inner shadow region). But you would definitely know if that were happening, I assume.

I'm gonna guess, then, that you're seeing the Moon close to the horizon.

Answer 2

The moon is passing through the Earth's shadow.

Answer 3

It can also look orange due to a lot of particulates in the air. smog.