Why does the moon change color, then disappear, and then go back to normal color without an eclipse?

Question by Matty-boi: Why does the moon change color, then disappear, and then go back to normal color without an eclipse?
On 8/15/10, I was watching the moon with my family and we noticed it was orange. It was originally a crescent moon, but it changed to a new moon, then back to a crescent. But, why did it do this when there really is no solar or lunar eclipse scheduled or the fact that it was a waxing crescent going to a new moon back to a waxing crescent?


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Answer by victoria mOMG i saw it too ive been looking everywhere 2day for closer pics i saw it yesterday and like suddenly it was disappearing and my dad said it was behind some mountains (we were on the road in the valleys)but then when it was clear of mountains it was gone but one of my friends has told me that it was mars and that its viewed like that from earth every 25,000 years

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