A very rare Super Blue Blood Moon will occur this Wednesday night, January 31st into February 1st.
This phenomenon is actually the merging of a few different celestial events.
A super moon occurs when a full moon is very close to the earth, making it appear larger than usual.
A blue moon is simply when a full moon occurs twice in one month. The second full moon is called a blue moon. It’s kind of unusual, thus the phrase ‘once in a blue moon.’
A blood moon happens during a lunar eclipse. The Earth passes between the sun and the moon. The light from the sun is projected through the Earth’s atmosphere before it reaches the moon causing us to see the moon with a red color.
Inverse.com reports that the last time these three events took place simultaneously to create the Super Blue Blood Moon was in 1866. So, yes this is a very rare celestial event since hasn’t happened in 152 years.
The West Coast of the United States and Canada will have the best view of this event. East Coast residents might be able to get a glimpse of it just before sunrise.
When can this rare phenomenon be seen? We can see it in the overnight hours Wednesday, January 31st into Thursday morning February 1st. According to FoxNews.com Pacific Time Zone residents will begin seeing the event at around 2:51 am. People in the Mountain Time zone will see things begin at around 3:51 am. Those of us in the Central Time Zone will have to be watching the skies starting at 4:51 am while Eastern Time Zone viewers will have their chance starting at 5:51 am.
As cool as it would be to see, I doubt I will get up at just before 5 am just to see it. How about you?
By: Buck Stevens
