He explained that it will only be visible in countries located on the upper latitude. As the sunlight reaches the moon indirectly, all colors except red will be hidden, causing the eclipsed moon to appear reddish or dark brown. Petro said that the next simultaneous aligning of the two won’t be repeated until 2033.
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“It really ought to be called a tiny, slightly little bit bigger moon, rather than the supermoon“.
Astronomer Mike Narlock at the Cranbrook Institute of Science says the Supermoon is when a Full Moon happens at the same time it’s closest to the earth … making it appear larger.
NASA will be streaming it live on September 27.
“The most unique thing about the 2014-2015 tetrad is that all of them are visible for all or parts of the US”, NASA eclipse expert Fred Espenak said in a statement previous year.
The moon will rise at 7:21 p.m. EDT. A perigee moon just means the full moon is the closest it will come to the Earth’s orbit.
Visitors can peer through the telescopes on the observatory’s lawn or look up with the naked eye to see the total eclipse. The total eclipse will last more than an hour.
See the forecast for your region to learn whether your location will be able to view the eclipse.
Light refracts, or bounces, through Earth’s atmosphere as well – focusing the red tint on the moon’s surface.
The supermoon eclipse can be seen from North America late Sunday night, according to NASA.
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The Moon will then be completely eclipsed between 10:11 PM and 11:23 PM, before gradually emerging by roughly 12:30 AM Monday morning. The next lunar eclipse will be in March 2016, but the next time we have an eclipse and the perigee of the moon will be in 18 years.
