APOD: 2026 November 1 – Colors of the Moon
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 1 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day 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. Colors of the Moon Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night — and the time. Outside of the Earth’s atmosphere , the dark Moon , which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificent ly brown-tinged gray. The featured image highlights a collection of apparent colors of the full moon on Earth, documented by one astrophotographer over 10 years from different locations across Italy . A red – or yellow -colored moon usually indicates a moon seen near the horizon . There, some of the blue light has been scattered away by a long path through the Earth’s atmosphere , some...
