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[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

How is the moon eclipsing the sun at midnight?

Unless you're at one of the poles

But why would a panther be at one of the poles

[-] ctag@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 hours ago

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 3 points 1 hour ago

This looks more like a solar eclipse

[-] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Good point. And technically, a new moon is only visible during a solar eclipse ๐Ÿ‘

[-] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 1 points 59 minutes ago

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).

[-] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 1 points 1 hour ago

Caught in a hangover from his plentiful dark rum benders

this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2024
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