When the Moon turned red

Magda Janczuk
Sep 3, 2018 · 2 min read

My name is Magda and I am seven. I would like to tell you about a great experience I had this summer. When visiting my grandparents in Poland, I got to see a lunar eclipse.

A lunar eclipse happens when the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow. This is a diagram I drew to explain how it works:

How a lunar eclipse works

This was a special lunar eclipse because it was the longest in the 21st century. Here are some fun facts about lunar eclipses:

  • The next eclipse will be on January 21, 2019, but it will be much shorter.
  • You can watch a lunar eclipse from any place on Earth where you can see the Moon at the time.
  • During a lunar eclipse the Moon can have many different colors.

This time the Moon was red. This is how it looked like when the Moon was entirely within Earth’s shadow, and then started to reappear:

Phases of a lunar eclipse. Photos by my sister Iza Janczuk.

Finally the clouds came in and it was time to go to bed:

The eclipse is almost over. Photo by my sister Iza Janczuk.

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