How to see the 'Super Flower Blood Moon,' 1st lunar eclipse of this decade:
This week's full moon will be the second supermoon of the season, appearing brighter and larger than usual. According to the Farmer's Almanac, the "Flower Blood Moon" will be roughly 222,000 miles away from the Earth early Wednesday morning.
May's full moon is known as the "Flower Moon," and because a total lunar eclipse -- also known as a "blood moon" as it gives the moon a reddish hue -- is also set to happen at the same time, it's being called the "Super Flower Blood Moon."
The moon will be at its brightest and largest at 4:14 a.m. PT (11:14 UTC), according to astronomers.
People who live in western North America, western South America, eastern Asia, and Oceania, will have the best view of the "Flower Blood Moon," according to astronomers.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 25 2021, @04:55PM (4 children)
Super Good Fun Time Flower Blood Moon
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 25 2021, @07:22PM (3 children)
I've been wondering what the bullshit is lately with every full moon needing its own name. Do we really need a new name for every month's full moon?
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 25 2021, @08:15PM (2 children)
Yes we do. Every month. Always. Period.
DependsOooops...wrong meme.--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 25 2021, @09:15PM (1 child)
[Hint: see the dept. line in the original submission.]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 25 2021, @09:26PM
Wait, oh, sorry, it was this non-accepted sub [soylentnews.org].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 25 2021, @05:35PM (6 children)
Look up in the sky. Duh.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Tork on Tuesday May 25 2021, @05:47PM (1 child)
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday May 25 2021, @08:17PM
Yup! Sometime after the "Pepsi Pepsi Chee-burger Chee-burger" era.
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(Score: 2) by richtopia on Tuesday May 25 2021, @09:11PM (2 children)
The article was actually really convoluted about what is happening. There is a lunar eclipse during a full moon. It will be best viewed over the Pacific ocean, with the USA West coast seeing the moon in the early morning, Honolulu around 1AM, and Singapore around 7PM.
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/los-angeles [timeanddate.com]
The East Coast USA can see a partial eclipse. I'm in Oregon so I'm debating how much I want to awaken at 4AM.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday May 25 2021, @09:22PM (1 child)
Lunar eclipses always take place during full moons. Think about it, the earth blocks the sun from illuminating the moon, which means the earth must be between the sun and the moon. Opposite for a solar eclipse. And, from the size of the shadow on the moon (pre- and post-totality), and the angles of the quarter moons, one might be able, oh, maybe? calulate the sizes and distances of these elements of a helio-centric solar system? Just saying.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 26 2021, @12:48AM
What the hell do you know about heliocentric universes?
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday May 26 2021, @06:11AM
Instructions unclear. Looked up in the sky, in the direction of the sun. Now I don't see anything at all. :-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Maddog on Tuesday May 25 2021, @05:50PM (4 children)
The difference in size between a super Moon, a full Moon, and a micro Moon is very small. A super Moon is only 6.9% bigger than a normal full Moon.
- Adler Planetarium
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 25 2021, @06:18PM (3 children)
Who's the idiot naming these things? How the hell do you have a "super" moon like every other month or so?
Ah, I see now, [earthsky.org] an effin astrologer defined it! That's why something that shold happen every 15 months or so is defined to occur about four times a year!
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 25 2021, @07:26PM (2 children)
Referring to these moons as "super moons" is about as inane as referring to football players as super men, and they are typically more than 7% larger than normal people, but few people would term them supermen. I'm not surprised that it was an astrologer that started this BS, they need something to convince the rubes out there that they need astrological services.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 26 2021, @03:53AM
Ah, you must be a Scorpio. Scorpios are always sceptical.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday May 26 2021, @04:36PM
I felt like Godwin'ing this, but then I decided not to. Though, I guess I just did. So, here goes! Hitler would have . . .
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Rich on Tuesday May 25 2021, @09:17PM (1 child)
Here, have a Freezing Moon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6C0vxAvJsA [youtube.com]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 26 2021, @03:19PM
How about the Killing Moon?
https://youtu.be/LWz0JC7afNQ [youtu.be]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 25 2021, @10:33PM (2 children)
Never would have pegged Runaway as being interested in Astronomy!
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday May 26 2021, @06:13AM (1 child)
If you want to run away really far, you have to aim at the stars.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 27 2021, @12:17AM
Ad astra, per Arkansas, I always say!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 25 2021, @10:43PM
Let's do like the ancient Chinese, and take the giant blood moon as an omen. Blood for the blood moon!