We're About to See a Rare Moon That Hasn't Appeared
For More Than 150 Years This hasn't happened since 31 March 1866
If you were awestruck by the New Year's Day super moon, hold onto your pants.
On January 31, around midnight, the full moon will not only be super, it will be a blue moon
and a blood moon.
The blue moon comes as it will be the second full moon in a month. That happens every
two and a half years, hence the saying "once in a blue moon".
But wait, wait – these two celestial events, the blue moon and the super moon, will also coincide
with a total lunar eclipse.
And with Earth in between the Sun and the Moon, sunlight has to pass through the Earth's
atmosphere, which scatters the green to violet light more than it scatters the red light. So the Moon
appears red – a blood moon.
That's three big Moon moments on one glorious night for skywatchers. The best place to see it,
according to Space.com, will be in central and eastern Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia.
If you were awestruck by the New Year's Day super moon, hold onto your pants.
That's three big Moon moments on one glorious night for skywatchers.
I'll be wearing my overalls.
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layman
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Mon 8 Jan, 2018 10:29 am
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edgarblythe
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Mon 8 Jan, 2018 12:18 pm
There is no moon. It's a hologram. It's a fact that the heavens don't exist all. The Earth is flat. We live in a planetarium. Research money. That's all they are in it for.
Ed I'd wondered 'bout that very thing. If nihilism is valid then we can't be here chattin'w/ one another
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hilosophy.
an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth.
nothingness or nonexistence.
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Sturgis
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Mon 8 Jan, 2018 02:11 pm
King Harvest has recommended some dancing!
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Sturgis
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Mon 8 Jan, 2018 02:16 pm
...and the ghost of Dave Van Rink tells us about a blood red moon...
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