When you look outside late on April 14 or early April 15 and the moon is red, don't panic; it's just a full lunar eclipse.
Why is it red? Sky & Telescope magazine explains that as the Earth moves directly between the moon and sun, scattered light from sunsets and sunrises on the edge of our planet are reflected on the moon's surface. "If you were standing on the moon during a total lunar eclipse you would see the Earth as a black disk with a brilliant orange ring around it," Sky and Telescope's Alan MacRobert tells the Los Angeles Times. "And this brilliant ring would be bright enough to dimly light up the lunar landscape."
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