This will be the fourth and final lunar eclipse of 2022.
A little over an hour into partial eclipse, only a final bright sliver of moon remains outside of the umbra. And the rest of the moon is likely showing an eerie reddish/coppery glow. The contrast in both light and color have led some to refer to this as the"Japanese lantern effect."
Amateur astronomer Alexander Krivenyshev captured these views of the total lunar eclipse of May 15, 2022 over New York City.On rare occasions, such as in 1963 and 1992, the totally eclipsed moon does go almost black. On other occasions, such as in 1967 and 2003 it can appear as bright as a newly minted penny. Sometimes, rather than a distinctive red or orange it turns brown and more closely resembles the color of a bar of milk chocolate.
The other factor is the state of the Earth's atmosphere along the sunrise-sunset line. If the air is very clear, the eclipse is bright. But if a majorhas recently polluted the atmosphere with an aerosol cloud or a thin global haze, the eclipse will be ashen gray, or almost black. The Agung volcano in Indonesia in 1963 and Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines in 1991 were the primary reasons for the lunar eclipses that followed in the wake of their eruptions for being so dark.
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