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from the still-waiting-for-the-hyper-ultra-mega-turbo-moon dept.
According to a report at phys.org, The moon is about to do something it hasn't done in more than 150 years:
Three separate celestial events will occur simultaneously that night, resulting in what some are calling a super blue blood moon eclipse. The astronomical rarity hasn't happened for more than 150 years.
A super moon, like the one visible on New Year's Day, is the term for when a full moon is closest to the Earth in its orbit, appearing bigger and brighter than normal.
On Jan. 31, the moon will be full for the second time in a month, a rare occasion—it happens once every two and a half years—known as a blue moon.
To top it off, there will also be a total lunar eclipse. But unlike last year's solar eclipse, this sky-watching event isn't going to be as visible in the continental United States. The best views of the middle-of-the-night eclipse will be in central and eastern Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia, although Alaska and Hawaii will get a glimpse, too.
For the rest of the U.S., the eclipse will come too close to when the moon sets for the phenomenon to be visible.
Because of the way the light filters through the atmosphere during an eclipse, blue light is bounced away from the moon, while red light is reflected. The eclipsed moon's reddish color earned it the nickname blood moon.
Super blue blood moon?
So, an extremely noble or socially prominent moon? ;)
I wonder what differences, if any, there would be in the appearance of the Earth from a person standing on the moon, compared to a "normal" full moon?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 05 2018, @07:54PM (4 children)
Do watch the eclipse closely. Videos can help you see what to look for.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Friday January 05 2018, @08:01PM
I don't think there's a flight to the moon planned that day. Not that you'd have had any chance to get on it anyway. ;-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday January 05 2018, @09:39PM (1 child)
And of course, you can't tell us what to look for else the Freemasons would change the procedure and stop making that mistake, right?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 06 2018, @02:39AM
It's obvious to anyone who looks. So look.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday January 07 2018, @06:52AM
They say not to watch the eclipse without the special glasses. Or something bad will happen to your eyes. I watched it without the glasses. Then I watched it through the glasses. And my eyes are fine, folks. No problem there, I guarantee it. But those glasses look very STUPID!