(Halloween News) Goodnight, moon - Globe and Mail
The long shadow of the Earth will sweep across the full moon and transform the normally bright lunar surface into an eerie red or rusty brown colour. For a lunar eclipse to occur, the Earth must be precisely aligned between the sun and the moon in order to block the solar rays from striking the lunar surface. On the West Coast, the moon will be just rising above the horizon at the beginning of the show. Despite the different positions of the moon in the sky, everyone across Canada should be able to see the eclipse, so long as it isn’t cloudy. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle realized the world was round when he saw the Earth’s curved shadow on the surface of the moon. In the East, the spectacle will take place relatively high in the sky while, in the West, the moon will be low on the horizon as it begins to move into Earth’s shadow. More Halloween News
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