Showing posts with label Super Moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Super Moon. Show all posts

Jan 26, 2018

Super Blue, Blood, Snow Moon

We will be able to view a super moon, blue moon, and a total lunar eclipse (blood moon) all on the same night.

The blue moon is the second full moon in a month and the first full moon showed up on January 1. The full moon (blue moon) will occur at 8:37 a.m. ET Jan. 31. It is the first blue moon total lunar eclipse in the US since March 1866.

The lunar eclipse on January 31 will last about 3½ hours from the beginning of the partial phase at 3:48 a.m. PT until it ends at 7:12 a.m. PT, from western North America across the Pacific to eastern Asia. In the United States, the best view of the eclipse will be along the West Coast. For skywatchers in the central and eastern US, only a partial eclipse will be visible.

The full moon will take on a dark, reddish appearance during the eclipse and is described as a blood moon. This full moon was also known as the "snow moon" by some Native American tribes.

A super moon occurs when the full moon is at the closest point of its orbit to the Earth.