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A blood red “supermoon” has appeared in the skies above Ireland for the first time in more than 30 years. This one coincided with a full lunar eclipse, in which the moon, Earth, and sun lined up, with Earth’s shadow totally obscuring the moon.

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.

Columbus knew a blood moon had been forecast, and warned the natives that his god would send an angry “sign” at their treatment of the newcomers.

Unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses aren’t risky to look at, so you’ll just need your eyeballs and a clear view of the sky to enjoy it.

“What we have coming up is the entire moon’s moving into the thickest part of the earth’s shadow”, explains Pitkin.

It should be quite a show in the night sky on Sunday as the Supermoon undergoes an eclipse.

People in North, Central and South America will be able to see the total lunar eclipse Sunday night. And it won’t happen again until 2033.

The cosmic event will take place on September 27, when both a supermoon and a lunar eclipse will be happening at the same time. It hasn’t happened in 33 years, and it won’t occur again for another 18. Every color except red will be filtered out, resulting in the...

As a bonus, the moon is at its closest point to Earth right now, so it will appear slightly larger than most full moons.

The total lunar eclipse taking place Sunday night will coincide with a supermoon, the first time this has happened since 1982.

A rare supermoon total lunar eclipse will grace the night sky, coinciding with harvest moon, in a spectacular celestial trifecta that will surely leave astronomers, professionals and amateurs in shared wonder.

The next total lunar eclipse will not be until 2018. Although still about 354,000 kilometres away, this full moon will look bigger and brighter than usual. “Supermoon” will coincide with total lunar eclipse on this day.

Conditons are expected to be ideal for Central Minnesota stargazers on Sunday night to watch a supermoon and total lunar eclipse at the same time.

The supermoon will be visible after nightfall, and the eclipse will cast it into shadow sometime after 7:00 p.m. The alignment of the Earth and moon will make the eclipse appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter they say. The last supermoon eclipse was in 1982, and it won’t...

According to NASA, a supermoon will combine with a lunar eclipse on september 27.