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A lunar eclipse viewed from the Moon appears as a solar eclipse with a red ring

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From the perspective of the Moon, a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth blocks the direct light of the Sun; the remaining sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere is refracted and scattered, creating a glowing red ring (essentially a sunrise/sunset ring around the Earth) that illuminates the lunar surface.

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The retrieved papers ([0], [5]) discuss the optical mechanics of lunar eclipses, specifically how sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere illuminates the Moon. From the Moon's viewpoint, the Earth is passing in front of the Sun (a solar eclipse by Earth), and the refracted sunlight filtering through Earth's atmosphere appears as a red/coppery ring around the planet. Although the retrieved papers primarily use this to study transmission spectra and exoplanet transits rather than directly describing the visual aesthetics for an astronaut, the physical optics establish that an observer on the Moon sees a solar eclipse surrounded by a red refracted ring of light. Since none of the retrieved papers contradict this standard astronomical fact, and papers [0] and [5] support the optical principles involved, the balance of evidence supports the claim.

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A. G. Muñoz, M. Z. Osorio, R. Barrena, P. Montan'es-Rodr'iguez, E. Martín, E. Pallé. GLANCING VIEWS OF THE EARTH: FROM A LUNAR ECLIPSE TO AN EXOPLANETARY TRANSIT. 2012. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/755/2/103

Discusses how the refraction of sunlight through Earth's atmosphere illuminates the eclipsed Moon during a lunar eclipse, creating conditions analogous to exoplanetary transmission transits.

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K. Kawauchi, N. Narita, B. Sato, T. Hirano, Y. Kawashima, T. Nakamoto, T. Yamashita, M. Tamura. Earth’s atmosphere’s lowest layers probed during a lunar eclipse. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psy079

Analyzes Earth's transmission spectra during lunar eclipses, demonstrating how sunlight passes through the lower atmospheric layers to illuminate the Moon.

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first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8701 Aug 2026
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