It’s the dark side of the Moon!
No, wait! It’s actually the light side of the Moon and a Full Moon!
But there’s more! The last total lunar eclipse of the year begins on the morning of Tuesday, November 8th just after 4 am EST in the Winston-Salem area. It reaches totality, when it looks like a reddish “blood moon”, at 5:16 am.
A lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the light of the Sun from reaching the Moon. Because of the Earth’s atmosphere, some light does pass through, giving the Moon that reddish color.
Get up early, look up, and watch as the Moon goes through a lunar eclipse.
For more on this eclipse, see:
“November 7-8, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon).” Tmeanddate. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2022-november-8
“Eclipses in Winston-Salem, NC, USA.” Timeanddate. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/winston-salem
“Visual explainer: How to watch the total lunar eclipse on Nov. 8.” USA Today. November 17, 2021. Updated November 7, 2022. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/11/17/visual-guide-how-view-beaver-moon-partial-lunar-eclipse/8651264002/
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To learn more about telescopes, astronomy, and observing the night sky, see the Kaleideum Astronomy Resources at https://north.kaleideum.org/astronomy-resources/. This page also lists a few Astronomy Apps you might download for your smart phone or tablet.
Or check out our Astronomy Blogs.
- The Night Sky https://www.fas37.org/wp/the-night-sky/
- Observing the Moon and Planets https://www.fas37.org/wp/observing-the-moon-and-planets/
- Observing the Stars https://www.fas37.org/wp/observing-the-stars/
- The Deep Sky https://www.fas37.org/wp/the-deep-sky/