Let's say we want to build a model of the sun and Earth alone. Earth has a radius of about 6,371 kilometers (3,959 miles), but let's represent this with a marble 1 centimeter in diameter.

Not only will Friday’s total lunar eclipse be a Blood Moon, but it also lands on Pi Day! Grab a blanket—it won’t be freezing, but it will be in the 40s.

The claim: Moon visible in the daytime proves Earth is flat. A Jan. 3 Instagram video shows what appears to be a cellphone video panning between the sun and moon in a cloudless sky in the daytime.

Dark half of moon faces Earth during solar eclipse. A solar eclipse is, by definition, when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun, contrary to the video's claim.It's exactly what ...

Stargazing Venus is at its farthest from the sun on June 1: ... Watch the moon snuggle up to Earth's 'evil twin' Venus today with free livestream. News. By Robert Lea published 23 May 2023 ...

Total lunar eclipse – The moon is completely in the Earth’s shadow and takes on a reddish hue. Partial lunar eclipse – It happens when the Earth’s shadow covers a fraction of the full moon.

When the moon is within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra, it takes on a reddish hue, which has led to the nickname “blood moon” for a lunar eclipse, according to NASA.