The full moon dreams of success in love and good luck in business.
A huge moon portends an unfavorable love affair, domestic troubles and disappointment in business.
A lunar eclipse promises some kind of infectious disease.
The blood-red moon prophesies war and strife.
The young moon dreams of increasing well-being and meeting your “half.”
If in a dream a young woman tries to determine her destiny by the Moon, she will marry a worthy chosen one.
If she sees two moons, she will lose love because of her commercialism.
The foggy moon warns: in order not to miss your happiness, you need to be tactful.
According to Nostradamus, the Moon is a symbol of secret power, silence, and surprises. This is how he interpreted dreams about the Moon.
If you see the full moon in a dream, know that the time will come when black forces will reign on Earth. For you personally, such a dream predicts a meeting with a sorcerer who will have a significant impact on your destiny.
If you rushed to the moon in a dream, it means that in real life you are striving for something new, hitherto unexplored.
A dream in which you see the Moon colored bright red or purple is a warning.
Dark spots on the Moon are a warning and can also mean a change in power.
If you see moonlight in a dream, then in reality you will encounter an unexpected obstacle, which will be quite difficult to eliminate.
If you saw the reflection of the Moon in water or in a mirror in a dream, there is an unexpected turn of events ahead.
The split Moon dreams of mental fatigue and difficulties in choosing a path in life.
If in a dream you perform a ritual of worshiping the Moon goddess, then in reality you will become a victim of your passion.
And the Bulgarian soothsayer Vanga interpreted dreams about the Moon as follows.
Seeing the full moon in a dream is a bad sign. Such a dream foretells that bad times await you soon.
If you dreamed of a bright red or crimson moon, then in the near future you will find yourself in some kind of disaster.
Seeing dark spots on the Moon in a dream is a prophecy of great danger.
Watching the reflection of the moon in water in a dream is a sign that your expectations will be disappointed. In your business, you rely on a person who will let you down at the first opportunity.
If you saw moonlight in a dream, then such a dream foreshadows an exciting journey to distant lands. The trip will be unexpected and very pleasant.
Seeing a split Moon in a dream is a bad omen.
If you dreamed that you were flying to the moon, then such a dream is a harbinger of a long journey.
Interpretation of dreams fromWhy is the moon red?
The answer “Because the world will end soon” is not correct. It's all about scattering the rays of sunlight. Typically, the Moon reflects the full spectrum of colors coming from the Sun. And when they mix, we see a bright white disk in the sky. But if part of the spectrum is scattered as it passes through the Earth's atmosphere, one dominant color remains visible. And the most persistent shade is red.
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The moon is close to the horizon
One of the most common cases is when the Moon hangs low in the sky. This happens immediately after it rises or before it sets over the horizon. That is, the same thing happens as during sunrise and sunset. Light from the Moon, like sunlight, passes through layers of the atmosphere, and the closer it is to the horizon, the larger the area of “obstacles” it must overcome. In this case, part of the reflected light is scattered, which is why the Earth’s satellite appears red.
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Polluted atmosphere
Particles floating in the atmosphere can change the color of the Moon we see. There are especially many of them from forest fires or volcanic eruptions, then they partially darken the light from the Sun and Moon. The blue and green spectra appear to be scattered, while red passes through the barrier much more easily. So if the Moon is high in the sky and appears red, it may be due to polluted air.
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Moon eclipse
An incident that has captured the imagination of more than one generation: a blood-red satellite during a lunar eclipse. This always happens during a full moon: the Moon goes into the shadow of the Earth. This shadow, also called umbra, darkens the surface of the satellite.
In this position, only red light reaches the Moon, which manages to break through the atmosphere of our planet - again, the matter is in the scattering of rays. Reflected from the surface of the Moon, red light is visible to the naked eye. The effect is enhanced if the Moon hangs low above the horizon.
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Why red?
When sunlight enters the Earth's atmosphere, it encounters many particles that are smaller than the wavelength of light. This leads to scattering of the rays. However, not all colors are scattered with the same intensity. Colors with shorter wavelengths, such as the violet spectrum, are scattered more than those with longer wavelengths, such as orange and red.
However, some colors in the blue spectrum do reach the Moon. Sometimes at the very beginning of an eclipse and at its end you can see a blue or turquoise rim on the surface of the planet.
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Why is the red Moon paler than the normal one?
Don't forget that the Moon often turns red during an eclipse - the satellite is in the shadow of the Earth, which dims the brightness of the glow. In addition, depending on the state of the earth's atmosphere, the color of its surface can take on various shades of red, orange or gold. The color of the rim that appears at the beginning and end of the eclipse may also change.
The color range and brightness of the Moon during an eclipse are measured using the Danjon Scale. It consists of five points: from 0 (the Moon is almost invisible) to 4 (a very bright red or orange eclipse, with a blue rim immediately appearing).
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When will you be able to see the red Moon?
Lunar eclipses occur in tetrads (series): 4 in a row, with a short break between them - several months. But more than 10 years can pass between notebooks. The first tetrad of the 21st century took place in 2003 - 2004. The second - in 2014 - 2015. The last red lunar eclipse of the second tetrad happened on September 28 of this year... oops! Already missed it.
The next eclipse will open the third tetrad and will happen on April 25, 2032.
Well, if you don’t have the strength or desire to wait 17 years, then you can just watch the video and find out how it was.
Looking into the night sky and observing the Moon, you probably noticed that its color varies. In ancient times, people often determined the weather for the near future by its color. Various signs were also associated with the night luminary. People were especially frightened by the red moon, as it was believed that this was a harbinger of big troubles or an approaching war. So why is the Moon red?
Scientific explanation why the moon is red
With the development of astronomy, man was able to explain the unusual color of the moon. It turns out that the culprit is refracted sunlight. Its flows are heterogeneous and consist of multi-colored beams. Each color has its own properties and wavelength. Thus, short rays have a blue spectrum and in good weather, when they reach the Earth, they scatter, giving the luminary a blue tint. Long rays reach the surface of the Moon, passing through the Earth's atmosphere. They do not scatter as much as short ones and, when they hit the Moon, they tint it red.
Cause of red moon in the morning
Before the light reflected from the Moon reaches our eyes, it passes through the air, which is saturated with vapors of various gases, including oxygen and nitrogen. Together with fine dust, smoke and various contaminants, they contribute to a change in the light spectrum towards a red tint. Therefore, in the morning the color of the Moon is redder. This is especially clearly visible in dry, windy weather or during large fires, when microscopic particles of earth carried away by wind currents do not have time to settle to the surface, hanging in the air.
Why is the red moon so huge?
When above the horizon, the lunar disk can appear incredibly large. Scientists give several explanations for this phenomenon:
- This optical illusion depends on a feature of our organ of vision called irradiation. In other words, all light-colored objects against a dark background will always seem larger to us than they actually are.
- Back in the 60s of the last century, scientists James Rock and Lloyd Kaufman voiced a theory according to which our brain, for unknown reasons, believes that the celestial dome has a flattened shape. Therefore, being near the horizon, objects appear to us larger than their actual size.
What other color could the Moon be?
In addition to red, the Moon can be colored in other colors:
- White-yellow. This is exactly how we see her most often. This pale shade of the luminary is obtained due to the reflection of sunlight from the Moon. The angular diameter between the luminaries is such that to our eye the surface of the Moon appears brightened.
- Ashen. Periodically, depending on the phase of movement, the night star is dimly illuminated by the Sun. Therefore, before the new moon, at the beginning and end of the first quarter, the small piece of the Moon visible to us has an ashen color.
In one of last year's issues of the magazine, in the "Correspondence with Readers" section, the note "Brown Moon" was published. But why does the Moon change color so often?
E. Kapustin (Simferopol).
Since ancient times, the moon has been associated with silver. However, the Moon has a very pure white color only during the day. This is because the blue light scattered by the sky adds to the yellowish light of the Moon itself. As the blue color of the sky weakens after sunset, it becomes more and more yellow and at some point pure yellow, and then, at the end of twilight, yellow-white again. For the rest of the night, the Moon retains a light yellowish color, exactly like the daytime Sun. On very clear winter nights, when the full Moon is high, its color appears whiter, but near the horizon it becomes as orange and red as the setting Sun.
If the Moon is surrounded by small purple-red clouds, its color becomes almost green-yellow, and if the clouds are orange-pink, then the Moon turns blue-green. Moreover, these contrasting colors appear more clearly for the crescent moon than for the full Moon.
With candles, for example, giving a reddish tint, the color of the Moon also appears greenish-blue. This contrast is especially clear if the light sources are not too strong, for example, if you simultaneously observe the reflection of the Moon and a gas flame in water. If you first look at the orange flame of a fire for about half an hour, and then at the Moon, the Moon will acquire a bluish tint.
And indeed: sometimes you can hear the expression “blue moon”. However, this is often called the second full moon of the month. Actually, the full moon does not always happen twice in the same month. Let us remember that the frequency of changes in lunar phases is approximately 29.5 days. Therefore, the second full moon in a month can only occur if the first was on the 1st of that month. For example, February can never be a "blue moon month."
Where did this unusual name come from? Hard to say. It is possible that it appeared during one of the months of two full moons shortly after 1883. That year there was a terrible eruption of the Krakatoa volcano - one of the most catastrophic in the entire chronicled history of mankind. A huge amount of volcanic ash and dust was released into the Earth's atmosphere. And for three years, the amount of solar energy reaching the surface of our planet was about 10% less than usual. Just at this time, the bluish-green color of the Sun and Moon was noted.
Or maybe some observer once noted a rare phenomenon of the so-called green ray near the setting full moon on the second full moon of the month? (See "Science and Life" No. 7, 12, 1980; No. 11, 1989; No. 8, 1993)
When the Moon and Sun are low on the horizon, they appear yellow, orange, and even blood red. This is due to the phenomenon of refraction of light rays in the Earth’s atmosphere and the state of the atmosphere itself.
Only astronomers will be able to immediately answer the question of why the Moon is red. The rest have to guess and make assumptions. But what prevents you from asking experts for their opinion on this matter? Absolutely nothing! But scientists will be happy to share their knowledge about the Earth’s satellite. The mysterious night luminary is ready to partially lift the veil of secrets around itself.
Color perception of the Moon
The main feature of the Earth's natural satellite is the synchronization of movement around its own axis and around our planet. The laws of mechanics explain this by the friction of tides, which arise as a result of the Earth falling into the shell of the Moon. A natural satellite, at its core, is oriented to the gravitational field so that the semimajor axis of the lunar ellipsoid is directed towards the Earth.
In simple terms:
The Moon ALWAYS faces our Earth, which revolves around the Sun, with the same side. Regardless of who revolves around whom and how. It's all about the above synchronization...
The lunar disk does not emit light on its own. But the lunar surface easily reflects sunlight. During some periods of the lunar phase cycle, the rays of the Sun practically do not fall on the side of the night star visible to earthlings. Hence the appearance of a thin moon in the night sky.
What colors can be seen from the Earth on the distant Moon:
White-yellow color. Most often, the surface of the disk appears exactly like this. The pale shade of yellow is formed by reflecting approximately 7% of sunlight. Due to the proximity of the angular diameter of the Moon and the Sun, lightening occurs, in which the human eye perceives a spectrum of rays of a certain color. When studying the density of the light flux that comes from one square second of the source, the Moon does not appear to be a very bright luminary. Venus and many other stars, if you mentally put them in one row, will be much brighter. The color rendition of the night satellite appears very strong only due to its proximity to Earth.
Ash color. During certain phases of its motion, the satellite of our planet is weakly illuminated by the Sun. For this reason, in periods close to the new moon (at the end of the first quarter and at the very beginning of the first quarter), the narrow sickle takes on an ashen color.
Red color. The entire surface of the queen of the night is optically perceived by the red eye at the moment when the satellite falls into the shadow of the Earth. This occurs due to the illumination of light scattered in the Earth's atmosphere. If a total solar eclipse has begun, then along the lunar halo through binoculars or a telescope you can see a sequence of bright points of dazzling ruby red color. This phenomenon is called "Bailey's rosary." Appears as a result of partial visibility of the solar disk between the lunar mountains or strong depressions in the center of various lunar craters.
When the USSR collapsed, people began to look into space less often. Many phenomena that were previously observed through binoculars are now passing by. But the mysteries of the Moon and other space objects have not yet been solved!
This is interesting:
The flattening of the Moon's disk occurs due to refraction in the Earth's atmosphere. The phenomenon is observed when the satellite is low above the horizon.
Bailey's rosary can also be seen during an annular solar eclipse, immediately at the moment of the second or very little before the third touch.
Modern scientists are making full use of the libration phenomenon, which they owe to Galileo Galilei. Its discovery in 1635 now allows us to observe 52% of the lunar surface.
On the lunar surface, the atmosphere is extremely rarefied, so the sky on the Moon is always black. Stars are visible even when the Sun is at the highest point of the horizon.