Facts About the September 27/
28, 2015 Blood Moon Eclipse
On September 28, 2015, a rare
Total Lunar Eclipse of a Super Full
Moon will be visible from most of
North America, South America,
Europe, West Asia and parts of
Africa. Here are 11 facts you should know about this eclipse.
Different stages of a Total Lunar
Eclipse.
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1. A Rare Eclipse of a Supermoon
The full Moon of September 27/28
is a Supermoon the Moon will be
closest to the Earth. or at its
perigee, as it turns into a full Moon.
A rising Super Full Moon can look
larger and brighter to spectators on Earth. Total eclipses of Super Full Moons are rare. According to NASA, they have only occurred 5 times in the 1900s in 1910, 1928, 1946, 1964 and 1982. After the September 27/ 28, 2015 Total Lunar Eclipse, a Supermoon eclipse will not happen again for another 18 years, until October 8, 2033.
A blood moon occurs when theres
a full moon in close proximity to
the Earth a so-called super moon in combination with an eclipse of the moon, which happens when the Earth passes between the sun and moon.
The two events will produce a
reddish glow around the
somewhat darkened moon for
about an hour Sunday night. The
last blood moon occurred in 1982
and the next one wont occur until
2033...
When the Moon takes the place of the Sun in the Sky..
When the Moon takes the place of
the Sun in the Sky... Awesome pic
Atm the sky is so bright it feels if i can touch the moon... All the stars twinkle so bright
I'm outside at the moment observing the full eclipse. It's more impressive to the human eye than it is to a phone's camera, so no pics to share. Does look a bit further away now than it did before the eclipse started, but the orange glow is a rare spectacle worth seeing.