‘Super Moon’ Eclipse A Rare Sight (GALLERY)

Noah Petro, scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said that the “combination of a supermoon and eclipse is just planetary dynamics”, notes Fox59.

Supermoons occur when the moon reaches its full phase at or near the satellite’s closest approach to Earth, and appears abnormally large and bright as a result.

The lunar eclipse can be viewed by the naked eye, Fox 59 reports, and can be seen simply by looking up at the sky.

Bill Peters, a former producer with the Manitoba Museum Planetarium, explained to CBC News in July of 1982 how the Vulcan Eclipse briefly produced a crimson-coloured moon.

Crabtree says the event is referred to as a “super blood moon” because of how close the moon is to the Earth during this time of the year. The events will not happen together again until 2033. The supermoon was lit up with an eery red light due to sunlight being refracted through the Earth’s atmosphere and onto the moon’s surface.

Get ready for a rare double feature, starring our very own moon.

A full moon silhouettes television and radio antennas on Boutilier Mountain, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Sunday September 27, 2015. It also coincided with a lunar eclipse that caused the moon to appear reddish-orange in color; creating a super blood moon. Although still about 220,000 miles away, this full moon will look 14% bigger and 33% brighter than usual.

NASA is also hosting a live stream, where you can hear commentary on the event by people who know much more about astronomy than you or I ever will.

Take a look at the moon tonight, as it might be the last time you see anything like it.

In the West, it will be a Blood Moon on Monday. “That only happens on average maybe every 20 or 25 years when we have this type of alignment”.