During a total lunar eclipse,
a. the Moon must be new.
b. the observer must be in the path of totality.
c. the Moon's color will be affected by Earth's atmosphere.
d. the Moon must be at about its greatest distance from Earth.
e. it must be near the time of one of the equinoxes.
c
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