This is why the moon sometimes has an orange color. Billy Teets, an astronomer at the Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory in Tennessee told Forbes in "As the moon gets higher in the sky, its coloration will fade to its normal greyish-white hue as you view it through less and less air. While atmosphere thickness is one important factor, another is dust. Forest fires or ash from volcanic eruptions can also scatter sun or moonlight, causing a brightly-colored sky. Pollution can also deepen the moon's reddish color.
Next month, stargazers can expect to see what is known as a supermoon—when a full moon coincides with the moon being at its closest point to Earth in its orbit.
It will be the closest supermoon of the year, and will occur on May 26 at a. It will appear full for around three days starting on the evening of Monday 24, according to retired NASA executive Gordon Johnston in his monthly sky-watching update. Read more. Email us at tips the-sun. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours. Jump directly to the content. Sign in. All Football.
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