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[–] ctag@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 5 months ago (2 children)

s/lunar eclipse/new moon/

Lunar eclipses turn the moon a ruddy red color. New moon (opposite of a full moon) is darker.

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This looks more like a solar eclipse

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good point. And technically, a new moon is only visible during a solar eclipse 👍

[–] ctag@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

I didn't know that, neat!

[–] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Darker doesn't always mean blacker. Symbolically, a blood moon is "darker" (as in "ominous" and "eerie") than a new moon. The red color has many meanings, ranging from passion to wrath. Even after science emerged to explain such phenomena (the red color being just the longest wavelength part of visible electromagnetic spectra, the blood moon being just a combination of physical and astrophysical factors such as Rayleigh scattering and planetary alignment, etc), the blood moon still gets a "bad omen" vibe nowadays, a vibe that's absolutely not present during new moons (it's worth mentioning that they happen once or twice every month, differently from a blood moon which is a somewhat-rare event).

[–] ctag@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

Yes! But the joke seems to be that he's describing literal darkness, and then pivots to disturbing darkness.