Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2022 November 11 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Blood Moon, Ice Giant Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Ryan Han Explanation: [5]On November 8 the Full Moon turned blood red as it slid through Earth's shadow in a beautiful total lunar eclipse. [6]During totality it also passed in front of, or [7]occulted, outer planet Uranus for eclipse viewers located in parts of northern America and Asia. For a close-up and wider view these two images were taken just before the occultation began, captured with different telescopes and cameras from the same roof top in Shanghai, China. Normally very faint compared to a Full Moon, the tiny, [8]pale, greenish disk of the [9]distant ice giant is just to the left of the Moon's edge and about to disappear behind the darkened, red lunar limb. Though only visible from certain locations across planet Earth, lunar occultations of planets are [10]fairly common. But for this rare "lunar eclipse occultation" to take place, at the time of the total eclipse the outer planet had to be both at opposition and very near the ecliptic plane to [11]fall in line with Sun, Earth, and Moon. Lunar Eclipse of November 2022: [12]Notable Submissions to APOD Love Eclipses? (US): Apply to become a [13]NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador Tomorrow's picture: eclipse in the city __________________________________________________________________ [14]< | [15]Archive | [16]Submissions | [17]Index | [18]Search | [19]Calendar | [20]RSS | [21]Education | [22]About APOD | [23]Discuss | [24]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [25]Robert Nemiroff ([26]MTU) & [27]Jerry Bonnell ([28]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [29]Specific rights apply. [30]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [31]ASD at [32]NASA / [33]GSFC, [34]NASA Science Activation & [35]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2211/LunarEclipseRyanHan.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. mailto:%20ryan[DOT]hanyj[AT]gmail[DOT]com 5. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/total-lunar-eclipse-nov8-2022/ 6. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5033 7. https://www.space.com/see-the-moon-cozy-up-to-uranus-tonight-nov-8 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010826.html 9. https://www.planetary.org/articles/simon-the-realm-of-the-ice-giants 10. http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets/planets.htm 11. https://universemagazine.com/en/the-sun-the-earth-the-moon-uranus-in-single-rank-fall-in/ 12. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.154926410569278&type=3 13. https://astrosociety.org/education-outreach/amateur-astronomers/eclipse-ambassadors/program.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221110.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 18. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 23. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=221111 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221112.html 25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 27. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 28. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 30. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 31. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 32. https://www.nasa.gov/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 34. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 35. http://www.mtu.edu/