Beaver Blood Moon

What is Beaver Blood Moon?

• The eclipse, dubbed the Beaver Blood Moon lunar eclipse since it occurred during November’s Full Beaver Moon.
• This lunar eclipse got its name from Algonquian languages once spoken by Native Americans in the New England territory. 
• It coincides with what they called the “Beaver moon” – a moniker for the November full moon adopted by the Old Farmer’s Almanac. 
• As the Earth casts a shadow on the full moon, blocking reflection of all direct sunlight to form the total eclipse, it dims the color of the moon, giving it a reddish hue which is why it is called the “blood moon”.
• During a total solar eclipse, some sunlight will still reach the Moon. This light will pass through the Earth’s atmosphere, where blue light will be scattered in all directions due to a phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering. 
• This allows the redder light to pass through and reflect off the Moon, causing it to appear reddish during the eclipse.
• According to US space agency NASA, total lunar eclipses occur about once every year and a half, on an average but it can vary. 
• 2022, for instance, witnessed two blood moons.   It was visible across North America, the Pacific, Australia and Asia. 
• This total lunar eclipse was the last one for the next three years(until 2025). The lunar eclipse has ended and the Moon is no longer in Earth’s shadow. 
• A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth moves in between the Sun and the Moon, partially or completely blocking sunlight from reaching the Moon. 
• This causes a shadow on the Moon’s surface, which is what we see from Earth.