Local news outlets utilized information provided by Richard Monda, an assistant professor of Astronomy and Physics, to promote the Total Lunar Eclipse that took place early the morning of Nov. 8 and was visible across the entire United States (if skies were clear).
During totality, an eclipse of the moon takes on a “deep-red tint” for what has become known as a “Blood Moon.” This phenomenon is caused by sunlight shining around the earth, through the atmosphere and onto the moon. A person on the moon during a total lunar eclipse could look back at the earth and see a circle of red-orange light surrounding it – all the sunrises and sunsets that are taking place on earth!