When there will be a blood moon in 2021 in Russia

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

An interesting phenomenon is expected this year - the moon will be colored in shades of red. The phenomenon has a scientific explanation, but in ancient times it was attributed to the properties of an ominous prediction. The date when there will be a blood moon in 2021 in Russia is already known.

Causes of occurrence

The coloration of the lunar disk is influenced not only by the sun's rays passing through the earth's atmosphere, but also by its state. The composition of the layers of the planet's air envelope is permanently changing due to vigorous human activity and natural factors: urban smog, smoke from forest fires, continuous clouds or individual clouds, cyclones and anticyclones.

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The mystical halo that covered the celestial phenomenon, in the imagination of the ancestors, turned into an ominous prediction. People were sure that the lunar disc of an unusual color portends epidemics and wars, the inevitable end of the world and a total apocalypse.

The acquisition of scientific knowledge in astronomy, the development of science and the emergence of devices that allow you to observe distant space objects, gave a simple explanation without the slightest interference of magic or mysticism.

The moment comes when the Earth and its huge satellite find themselves in a kind of disposition:

• The sun shines on the planet, and the moon is in its huge shadow;
• because of the size of the moon, not all light fluxes are taken over by the earth's firmament;
• part of the sun's rays go around the Earth and hit the lunar surface;
• flying through the earth's atmosphere, part of the color spectrum is scattered (a greater or lesser part remains, the intensity of the color of the lunar disk depends on this).

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When will there be a blood moon in 2021

The nearest dates for this phenomenon in Russia are May and November.

Unfortunately, this spectacle will not be available to all Russians, but residents of Siberia and the Far East will be able to enjoy it on May 26. Much more fortunate are those who live on the islands in the Pacific Ocean, in Southeast and Southwest Asia, Australia - it will be available to them in all its picturesqueness.

The next celestial extravaganza over Russian territory will be available for observation no earlier than in 4 years.

According to astronomers' calculations, the next bloody moon, with an as yet unknown degree of color intensity in a wide range of red, is expected in the Russian Federation no earlier than September 2025. Therefore, everyone who lives in Siberia and the Far East is recommended to admire the unique spectacle.