Do Flat Earthers Think the Moon Is Flat Home News Science & Astronomy How Flat-Earthers Explain Total Lunar Eclipses The blood-red colour of the moon during a total lunar eclipse may be hard to explicate without a bones understanding of orbital mechanics, merely flat-World conspiracy theorists have come up upwards with a way to circumvent scientific facts and construct a creative explanation of the miracle. During the Super Blood Wolf Moon this weekend (Jan. xx-21), skywatchers in much of the Western Hemisphere saw the moon pass directly through Earth's shadow. Our natural satellite appears red during lunar eclipses for the same reason that sunrises and sunsets appear that shade