4) Lunar eclipses visible from the Moon, too

When Earth experiences a total lunar eclipse, things get interesting on the Moon, too.

If you were there, on the side facing Earth, the home planet would block out the Sun. The Sun's light would not completely disappear, however. Earth would be ringed by light scattered through its atmosphere.

SPACE.com's Night Sky Columnist, Joe Rao, puts it this way, "The Sun would be hidden behind a dark Earth outlined by a brilliant red ring consisting of all the world's sunrises and sunsets."

This affects our view from Earth, too. The light refracted by all these sunrises and sunsets can fall on the Moon, giving it a red glow instead of it completely disappearing. Each eclipse is different, however, and some yield little of this reddening effect.

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