• Dwemthy (he/him)
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    23 hours ago

    It’s a lunar eclipse, the Earth is eclipsing the moon, preventing it from reflecting the light of the sun

    • @[email protected]
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      1 hour ago

      A lunar eclipse usually results in a red moon, since the moon is lit with red light from all the sunsets on Earth simultaneously

      It’s not in pure shadow, since the Earth’s atmosphere acts as a lens and bends some of the light inward towards the moon

    • @morphballganon
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      23 hours ago

      Oh right, the clean lines threw me off. Lunar eclipse shadows are much more diffuse.