According to published reports, Eclipses occur because the moon’s orbital path intercepts what astronomers call the ecliptic—the apparent path the sun takes through our daytime sky. Crucially, it will do so while seeming smaller in the sky (because it’s at apogee). It will therefore block only the center of the sun, causing an annulusor ring around the new moon.
The moon reaches a perigee and an apogee in each orbit it makes of Earth, but when perigee occurs at full moon, apogeewill occur at the next new moon (or vice versa). So since the moon swung relatively close to Earth this week, it will swing relatively farther away at the next new moon on October 14.
On October 14 the eclipse can only be viewed safely through solar eclipse glasses, but this week’s full moon was perfectly safe to look at with the naked eye—as it always is. Instead of being a bright, off-white orb when it’s high in the sky the rising full moon takes on a gorgeous orange hue as it appears (or disappears) close to the horizon.
The next full moon will be the “Hunter’s Moon” on October 28. As a result of the solar eclipse, this full moon will still be in a position to intercept the ecliptic. That will make it align, more of less, with the Earth and the sun. As it drifts into Earth’s outer penumbral shadow it will lose its luster and seem oddly dull. However, since it won’t much enter the Earth’s darker central shadow it won’t turn red and become a “Blood Moon.” The next “Blood Moon” is not until 2025.
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