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The Last Blood Moon Canada Gets for Three Years
Canada's total lunar eclipse in 2026 is happening once, and this is it. You set the alarm, step outside, and watch a red moon sitting low in the western sky while the sun starts coming up behind you in the east. It won't happen again until 2029.
Why does the moon turn red? The sun's light refracts around Earth's atmosphere and the blue gets stripped out, leaving only red reaching the moon in Earth's shadow. Partial eclipse doesn't produce this. The moon has to move into the darkest part of Earth's shadow for the red to appear. For Ontario that means a partial starting around 4:50am, full red…
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