ブラッドムーン

ぶらっどむーん
noun
blood moon
science
1. blood moon
The coppery-red color the Moon takes on during a total lunar eclipse, caused by sunlight bent through Earth's atmosphere; also used loosely for a strikingly red moon.
今夜(こんや)はブラッドムーンが見(み)られる。
A blood moon can be seen tonight.
皆既(かいき)月食(げっしょく)の時(とき)、月(つき)が赤(あか)くブラッドムーンになった。
During the total lunar eclipse, the Moon turned red into a blood moon.
ブラッドムーンは昔(むかし)から不吉(ふきつ)な前兆(ぜんちょう)とされることがある。
A blood moon has sometimes been regarded since ancient times as an ill omen.

A loanword from English "blood moon". Refers to the reddish Moon seen during a total lunar eclipse, when only sunlight filtered through Earth's atmosphere reaches it.

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Compare: 皆既月食(かいきげっしょく) (total lunar eclipse)
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