Tomorrow (January 31, 2018)! Tomorrow night, the sky will be staged in a 150-year rare astronomical spectacle: Super Blue Blood Moon!
This "once in a lifetime, even lucky" event has also made the media very excited, scrambling to report:
So, what exactly is the Super Blue Blood Moon? To put it simply,
Super Blue Blood Moon = Super Moon Blue Moon Blood Moon in one!
1, Super Moon (supermoon):
When the moon turns to the nearest point of the earth, just in time for a full moon or a new moon, the moon we see on Earth is 14% larger and 30% brighter than the average full moon, so it`s called the supermoon.
This phenomenon occurs only once every 14 months on average.
2, Blue Moon (blue moon):
The blue moon does not mean that the moon turns blue, but that two full moons occur at the same time in a month. January 1 this year is the lunar calendar November 15, full moon day; January 31 is the lunar calendar December 15, is also the full moon day, so the 31 th moon is called the "blue moon." This is how the English word "Once in a blue moon" comes about.
The Blue Moon is a spectacle that happens only once every 32 months.
3, Blood Moon (blood moon):
The blood moon occurs during an eclipse or a total eclipse. At this point, the earth will travel between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun`s light from hitting the moon. The light that can be refracted to the moon around the edge of the earth, filtered by the earth`s atmosphere, absorbs the violet, blue, green and yellow light, projecting only a strange red light on the moon. So the moon we see on Earth will be red, the Blood Moon. January 31 is exactly the total lunar eclipse.
Blood month usually appears only once or twice a year. At that time, the moon`s color will change from white to red, and finally return to bright white.
Although these astronomical phenomena can be seen once in a few years, but the three of them just arrive at the same situation, that is really strange!
The last "Super Blue Blood month" in Australia was on December 30, 1983, and in some other countries, for the first time in 153 years! In other words, many people have never seen it in their lifetime! But this time, we caught up!
It`s tomorrow night!
According to NASA, most parts of Australia, east-central Asia, New Zealand, Indonesia, the western United States and other areas can see a complete total lunar eclipse that night!
However, the timing of seeing a total lunar eclipse varies from place to place.
- In Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart: the total lunar eclipse begins at 11:51 and ends at 1:08 In Adelaide: the total lunar eclipse begins at 11:21 and ends at 00:38
- In Brisbane: the total lunar eclipse begins at 10:51 and ends at 00:08
- In Perth: the total lunar eclipse begins at 8:51 and ends at 10:08
- In Darwin: the total lunar eclipse begins at 10:21 and ends at 11:38
Such a rare astronomical spectacle, it is a pity to miss it! So let`s set a time and make an appointment with our friends tomorrow night to enjoy the moon. It is said to pray piously to the moon on a full moon night. If you can wake up the moon god, you can still realize your wish!
